Praying Personally

Praying Personally

One time at Confession, I was given the penance of meditating for five minutes on one Mystery of the Rosary. I chose to meditate on the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery, The Carrying of the Cross. I have always had a deep attachment to the Sorrowful Mysteries, and the Fourth...

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Why wear a scapular?

Why wear a scapular?

A few years ago when I was in a hotel pool with a bunch of the kids at a conference, another father in the pool began a conversation with one of my daughters about the scapular she was wearing.  He noticed that we all were wearing them.  And even more: he...

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The boys in the family will do this for Lent

The boys in the family will do this for Lent

Trey and I are the only males in a household of females (now including Ruthless, our new little puppy--Ruthie for short).  And I often come home to find even more females than are related to me in the house. They're planning a wedding shower or baby shower or...

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2 Family Lent approaches–for kids 4-8 and 9 & up!

2 Family Lent approaches–for kids 4-8 and 9 & up!

A couple years ago, my wife called all the kids into our study to organize (yet again) the overflowing bookshelves: my books, her books, kids’ school books, college books, read-aloud books–well, with 8 kids at home, it’s books books books everywhere.

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