Raising children in the faith, and holding onto your own, in the middle of ordinary family life, the version of Catholicism that actually has to survive dishes, bedtime, and everything in between.
A quiet, practical guide for families who have been away, however long it has been, and are wondering how to begin again. The kids’ shoes are never both in the same place on a Sunday morning. Someone’s collar is crooked, someone else can’t find a jacket, and in the middle of all of it, one…
The fight usually isn’t about prayer. It’s about the moment right before it, the summons, the “come say your prayers now,” the small body going rigid with resistance before a single word is said. Force a child into stillness and words at the same time, and you’ll often get neither. You’ll get a performance, eyes…