I have this daughter. She is beautiful, vivacious, athletic and studious. Everything a father could ask for. Yesterday, she turned...

Dating before we were married was awesome! Dating after we were was a ton of fun! Dating after eight children is … exhausting. My wife...

Every Christmas I take my family out, including my teenage boy, and we go sing Christmas carols to our neighbours and drop of Christmas...

Now all of us value stability and security - but at what cost?

In this time where the schools are shut down, business is shut down, we are living off of government handouts, Churches are closed...

Today is Palm Sunday. In a normal time (without a Chinese virus roaming around) we'd have gone to Holy Mass this morning and received...

One of the greatest gifts I've received is living according to a liturgical calendar. Moving from season to season, from Advent to...

I recently attended a bioethics seminar on gene enhancement. One participant was making an argument against because it could potentially...

Last year I was challenged in my parenting by the book, Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, by Susan Cain....

Every January, usually around the 1st of the year, we sit down as a family, review our goals from last year and adjust them for the new...

We are all familiar with the song about the 12 Days of Christmas and what her true love gave her. But, did you know that the Medievals...

JMJ Dear Son, Your mother caught you on the phone yesterday pretending to be her and answering questions about her pregnancy. You told...

There are times when life hits you hard. Everything seems to go bad within a short amount of time. All of a sudden you have a $3000...

Traditions bind a family together. Here is how the Biffert family celebrates Advent to prepare for the great celebration of Christmas!

This past All Souls Day, I participated in a tradition wherein a group of pilgrims would bike around the lake and stop and pray at the...

Gaining indulgences with your children during the octave of All Souls Day.

This post tells how we set up a six month Rite of Passage for my daughter as she exited childhood and began her journey as an adult.

I recently read Matt Fradd's book The Porn Myth: Exposing the reality behind the fantasy of pornography. The book opened up a dark side...

An anecdotal analysis of the effects of the feminist rhetoric on the girls in our elementary schools.

Boys need responsibility and hardship in their journey to manhood.