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September 2015

September 08, 2015

How about post-Cana counseling?

For many young couples, their main problem is that they simply don't have any...

September 05, 2015

Boys with sticks

Several years ago, a nice family came over our house. It was partly for a...

September 04, 2015

What’s for supper? Vol. 3: so much pork

Yay, it's Friday! Time for the What's For Supper? round up, where you can share...

September 04, 2015

About 50 easy things to do with pork chops!

Here's the promised pork chop post from Friday's "What's for Supper?" post. Some nice ideas...

September 03, 2015

Gender Reveal Parties and the Discernment of Amoral Issues

A reader writes: I cannot understand why some practicing Catholics that I know do not...

September 02, 2015

No, It’s Not Okay to Flip Off Your Sleeping Baby

In Slate, Education Columnist Rebecca Schuman shares a gallery of photos of herself flipping off...

September 01, 2015

Should I let my kid dress like a weirdo?

There is a huge difference between sporting a blue mohawk because you think it looks...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

What’s for supper? Vol. 2, now with link up!

What's for supper? So glad you asked! Last week, I said: While I’m no cooking...

August 27, 2015

Dear Teacher

Alas. We spent our summer swimming, watching X Files, sucking down gallons and gallons of ramen, eviscerating...

August 26, 2015

Pro-life Even at the End of Life: What the Catholic Church Teaches about Care for the Dying

The Catholic Church has a consistent, compassionate approach to end-of-life issues, but many Catholics don't know...

August 25, 2015

Does a UK Court Plan to Kill Baby Jake?

A UK court has ruled that it would be lawful to withhold some medical treatments from the severely...

August 24, 2015

How to organize lots of shoes and water bottles, plus a love letter

The main reason we home schooled for six years was because home schoolers don't have...

August 21, 2015

What’s for supper?

One of two things is happening here today. Either (a) I'm launching a recurring feature sharing...

August 20, 2015

St. Bernard, pray for . . . wha?

Speaking of distraction from prayer, that narthex is where parents of small children...

August 18, 2015

Food, Love, Law, Jesus: It’s All the Same Thing

What God is trying to tell me is, "Sweetheart, why are you making this so...

August 17, 2015

The Myth of the Macho Christ

Last week, I talked about the masculine qualities of protecting the weak, and exercising self-control, sexual...

August 14, 2015

25 Back-to-school Items Your Kids Can’t Geek Without

Doing your back to school shopping online, maybe? Do me a big favor and use this link.It...

August 13, 2015

Hunger and Help: Are Community Fridges the Answer?

The community fridge not only feeds the hungry, but helps cut down on waste. In...

August 12, 2015

Why it’s important to beat up robots

Was it a senseless tragedy, or was it a slice of richly deserved jungle justice when the hitchBOT,...

August 11, 2015

Abortion Is a Men’s Issue

In great men, two traits go together: strength and control. Power, and the knowledge of...

August 07, 2015

10 rules while I’m in Wichita

Far from this opera for evermore. Actually just for the weekend, for the Midwest Catholic...

August 06, 2015

Netflix, Microsoft, and the Working Mom

Certainly Netflix and Microsoft are thinking of their bottom line, but they also seem to...

August 05, 2015

But what will poor people do if Planned Parenthood is defunded?

On Wednesday, NH voted to withdraw nearly $650,000 of state funding from Planned Parenthood. Even...

August 05, 2015

NH Defunds Planned Parenthood!

Yes, the videos are working. And yes, it helps when you write to your rep! Or at...

August 04, 2015

10 Important things to be hopeful about today

My favorite story about John Vianney is when some disgruntled parishioners circulated a petition to the...

August 03, 2015

A Few, Simple Rules for World Breastfeeding Week

Hey, now. I guess World Breastfeeding Week is a thing. Here are a few simple...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Pro-Lifers Should Offer Help and Hope Along with Undercover Videos

Many Americans call themselves pro-choice, but are uncomfortable with unlimited abortion on demand, and these videos...

July 29, 2015

How Mel Brooks saved my life

Resolved: Jeffrey Imm is a moron, and so is anyone who wants to sanitize the...

July 28, 2015

A simple reminder: Pray for police

Every siren should be a reminder that someone is in trouble -- a victim, a perpetrator,...

July 27, 2015

Expose your kids to art! (Or vice versa)

The other week, we visited the Worcester Art Museum in MA. I heartily recommend it...