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July 2013

July 28, 2013

When our kids hurt and offend us

I came across this quote from Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica's wonderful book Our Thoughts Determine...

July 07, 2013

One (hard) reason God gives us families

I've not yet read Rod Dreher's new book The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, and...

June 2013

June 16, 2013

The one thing kids need to hear most from their dads

I read a story yesterday that drilled right through me. It's from a letter Montaigne...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Want to see how un-Christlike you are? Try raising kids

If you're looking for a gauge to measure how un-Christlike you are, try raising kids....

November 2012

November 14, 2012

Pat Robertson, Petraeus, and sexual infidelity

Groan. So here we have an unfolding scandal involving infidelity in the highest reaches of...

May 2012

May 13, 2012

Celebrating faithful mothers

The most obvious thing to do with mothers is to celebrate them. I watch my...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

You get more of what you focus on

My son Fionn and I play the drive-time game Slug Bug. The idea, if you're...

July 2011

July 28, 2011

The romance of commitment

Men are justifiably famous for lacking commitment, enjoying irresponsibility and freedom as long as we...

July 21, 2011

How marriage works on you

I've written in the past about the mystery of marriage, how it transforms its participants....

July 08, 2011

What a good wife gets you

A smile when you step through the door A hug when you head back out...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

The sanctifying power of marriage

When I think of marriage I think of grace, particularly the phrase “grace for the...

February 18, 2011

The lost mystery of marriage

Ask a person what they think about marriage in society today, and they’ll probably say...

February 07, 2011

Marriage and the sacrament of joint checking

Marriage has the power to make you better or worse as a person, and nothing...

February 04, 2011

Making our castle part of God’s kingdom

G.K. Chesterton said that a person’s house is the one place in the world where...

September 2010

September 15, 2010

Parenting as evangelism

If you have kids, you know that discipline is inescapable. Without discipline they will talk...

July 2010

July 02, 2010

Why God gives us kids

A publisher and a rabbi walk into a kosher restaurant. . . . That’s not...

June 2010

June 27, 2010

Encouraging belief

I’ve been thinking for a while about how to encourage belief in my two children,...