Here’s the thing about kids: It’s absolutely impossible to imagine adding one (or another one) to the life you’ve carefully built. Maybe it’s not that way for everybody. Maybe I’m […]
Our family grows
Bless us, O Lord!
“Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive …” Why do we pray over our meals? Because we, as a community of believers, learned […]
Sisters vs. nuns and some November saints
Imagine being in front of 3,000 people when you send up a cheer for nuns… …only to realize that the person you were referring to was a religious sister… …and […]
Telling takes courage
“Young people, you have it in you to shout…. Even if others keep quiet, if we older people and leaders keep quiet, if the whole world keeps quiet and loses […]
Make way for the children!
“Why do I have to go to Church? What do I get out of it?” I remember saying this phrase over and over during my preteen years. The response was […]