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Be it Resolved: Reduce the Friction or Resolve Now to Reduce Friction
New Year’s resolutions are all about fitness and diet, right? Turns out, not so much. Thanks to recent releases of the top New Year’s resolution-related s...
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Tags: Advice and Tips, Communication, conflict, Conflict & Arguments, Conflict Resolution, Counseling, Family Life, Living the Domestic Church, Society
Still Time to Put Things Right
“Make straight the way of the Lord!” These words of St. John the Baptist (and before him, Isaiah) may as well be the motto for Advent. As we journe...
Tags: Advent, Christmas, Family Life, Liturgical Year, Living the Domestic Church
Kids’ Sports: How Much is Too Much?
Back to school also means back to sports, and a chance for every family to reflect on the place of sports in our families. Teamwork. Self-sacrifice. Leadershi...
Tags: Advice and Tips, Children, Faith, Family, Family Life, Family Life & Parenting, Family Prayer, Family Time, Parenting, Parenting Advice
Light in August
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal famously wrote. So let’s be honest: when was th...
Tags: Faith, Leisure, Prayer and Spirituality, Work-Life Balance
Saying Yes to Brokenness: A Reflection on the Blessed Sacrament
A few weeks ago, I was the last to receive Holy Communion during Sunday Mass. As I came forward behind my five-year-old son, our deacon leaned toward me and whi...
Tags: Eucharist, Faith, Mass, Miscarriage, Motherhood
Preparing for Our Summer “Visitations”
As we move more into the heart of summer, that means lots of visiting and hosting! In our own family, we often talk about hospitality as the “crown of our Tri...
Tags: Extended Family Dynamics, Family Life, Hospitality, Leisure, Living the Domestic Church, Mary