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

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

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 y...

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 ...

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

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

Boys need responsibility and hardship in their journey to manhood.

We know that having dinner together as a family is something important to do. Search the internet and you'll find all kinds of reasons f...

It took me by surprise the other day when my wife asked me to note the spice area and that it was alphabetized and that this should help ...

This post is a short anecdote about how logic can be used to unearth fallacies, but can also be used to manipulate.

Our western culture has been in flames. Beauty has been replaced with the drab. Our boys don’t read. Our girls, barely. Grown men walk d

Last week we had freezing rain and then snow and then rain. The result was a snow-day for the schools, people working from home, and dis...

This afternoon I was reminded of an old Christian rock song from the '80's called I Blew Up the Clinic Real Good.  The song was a fa

Why bother getting married? The question was posed over a beer and was considered. If marriage is simply about sex, then why bother? One...

Is the Independent woman really independent? This post looks at what it means to be independent of the home and independent outside the hom