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June 2015

June 09, 2015

The Surest Way to Be Happy? Take the Diamond Path

Pondering this story, yesterday, about how focusing less on your own concerns and more on...

March 2015

March 06, 2015

Motherhood and Isolation: “we need each other.”

by Sherry Antonetti Mary Lou Rosien tweeted, “Married about 25 years: 19,500 loads of laundry,...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Answering Kyle Cupp With A Plastic Trumpet and a Scream

This morning Kyle Cupp asked people to name their favorite toys from childhood. These sorts...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

General Mills finds the Smart Dads Missing on TV

I've been grousing for a long time about the way advertisers (and sitcom writers) portray...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

When We Truly Love, We Model God to Each Other – UPDATED

A while back, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Mother Dolores Hart, OSB about...

October 22, 2013

Absent Grown-Ups: Over-sexed and Material-Worlded to Death

My column at First Things today is about what creates grown ups in the world,...

October 12, 2013

Small Steps Book Tour Ends Here!

Hey there! This is the final stop in the Small Steps Blog Tour, hosted at...

October 04, 2013

Francis Focuses on Family Formation Over Family Illiteracy

Good news! Putting Families First at Top of Pope’s Curia Reform Agenda Halfway through their...

June 2013

June 04, 2013

Men on Strike: Fathers, Family, Frank Talk and First Things

Two weeks ago at First Things, I wondered what it would be like if Rep...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Dissecting Bodies, Sex, Sin, Selves: Catholic, Muslim and Plasticine

A couple of days ago Muslimah Media Watch examined the way the media indulges in...

May 17, 2013

French Kids Rescued from “the tyranny of their own desires…” – UPDATED

My Photo, 1991 Over on Facebook, Melanie Bettinelli -- the wise and graceful blogress at...

May 07, 2013

As Mothers Day Looms, Two Obituaries to Die For – UPDATED

Well, in a manner of speaking. I hope when I die, my kids can manage...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

“I will not forget the lessons you have taught me…” – UPDATES

You all know I am not a sentimentalist. I'm always suspicious of emotionalism and of...

February 09, 2013

Matt Archbold’s Talented, Funny Kids

I really love thew way Matt Archbold writes about his kids, but this piece on...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Of He-Men, Fathers and Popes who Do Not Swagger

If you are not subscribing to The Catholic Answer, you're missing a lot of good...

January 10, 2013

Bill Clinton Father of the Year? Well, Okay, but…

So, Bill Clinton has been named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Older Parents, Weaker Children, Future America

Image courtesy of Shutterstock.com An important piece by Judith Shulevitz, focusing on the unforeseen effects...

December 06, 2012

“Monstrous Evil” Indeed

If I were not already feeling sick this story found by Mark Shea would get...

June 2012

June 12, 2012

“I needed this for him…and for me…”

Sometimes a piece is so authentic that its truth overpowers you. Like this one, written...

June 07, 2012

A Church Where Sheep May Safely Graze

Imagine you're pregnant, unchurched and addicted, and you want to step out of the darkness...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney and the Credentialists – UPDATES

Although I use it during the day mostly to promote Patheos writers, after hours I...

December 2011

December 17, 2011

What the Hell is WRONG with these people? – UPDATED

What the hell is wrong with people? What the hell were these parents thinking? What...

December 06, 2011

Welcome to my Breakdown – UPDATED

That's a song by Alice Cooper, right? Or lyrics? Actually I have another song, "Mama's...

April 2011

April 05, 2011

Bad Benedictine; "I love you, go home!"

As I anticipate coming into my tenth year as a Benedictine Oblate, I rejoice that...

February 2011

February 16, 2011

Challenges, Rewards of Teaching Deaf Children

Catechist extraordinaire Lisa Mladinich, whose weekly column "Be an Amazing Catechist" has become a first-stop...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

US vs Tiger Mothers, Lion Fathers – UPDATED

Our Sunday Visitor is carrying a piece of mine looking at the controversial question of...

January 25, 2011

The Audacity of Wonder – UPDATED

Illustration Source) Over at First Things, my Tuesday Column is looking at our mania for...

January 20, 2011

A Golden Voice with a Word in Season

Every time I talk to Pat Gohn speak, I find myself marveling at the resonance...

December 2010

December 17, 2010

A father muses on his frailty

The recent birth of his son, Cormac got Joseph Susanka musing about fatherhood, but I...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

Parenting is daily catechetical ministry

In her excellent piece, on praying with children Kathy Coffey writes: Ever hear of an...