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    The Servile State
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Servile State

    Now all of us value stability and security - but at what cost?
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    Ten Lenten Family Traditions
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Feb 28, 2020
    • 4 min

    Ten Lenten Family Traditions

    One of the greatest gifts I've received is living according to a liturgical calendar. Moving from season to season, from Advent to...
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    Goal Setting as a Family
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    Goal Setting as a Family

    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...
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    When life hits you hard ...
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Dec 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    When life hits you hard ...

    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...
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    Do you know your limits?
    Kenton E. B iffert
    • Nov 6, 2019
    • 3 min

    Do you know your limits?

    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...
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    Head to the Graveyard
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 4 min

    Head to the Graveyard

    Gaining indulgences with your children during the octave of All Souls Day.
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    Rite of Passage for Girls
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 3 min

    Rite of Passage for Girls

    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.
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    Boys need Hardship and Responsibility
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • May 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    Boys need Hardship and Responsibility

    Boys need responsibility and hardship in their journey to manhood.
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    Homosexuality Emasculates
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Homosexuality Emasculates

    The complimentarity between a man and a woman is a beautiful thing. In many ways do they accent each other, augment each other and push...
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    Boys Need to Chop Wood
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Sep 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    Boys Need to Chop Wood

    There is something very masculine about chopping wood. I recently purchased a home with two wood burning stoves. This winter will be...
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    A Call to the Remnant
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jun 4, 2018
    • 6 min

    A Call to the Remnant

    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
    74 views0 comments
    Teaching our Children to Work
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jan 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Teaching our Children to Work

    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...
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    If you CAN see your breath - it's a great time to tent with your family
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Sep 8, 2017
    • 3 min

    If you CAN see your breath - it's a great time to tent with your family

    Two weeks ago, we packed up and headed out of Dodge to camp at Pog Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park (approximately 3 1/2 hours north of...
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    Confessions of Restless Father
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Aug 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Confessions of Restless Father

    Why do we desire so much good things and yet our passions are never satiated? We must go to the Author of good things.
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    A Tale of Perseverance
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jun 27, 2017
    • 5 min

    A Tale of Perseverance

    Why did God create mosquitoes? I personally despise the blood-sucking fiends. And yet ... and yet it was due to these ferocious crazed...
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    Why Bother Getting Married?
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • May 24, 2017
    • 4 min

    Why Bother Getting Married?

    Why bother getting married? The question was posed over a beer and was considered. If marriage is simply about sex, then why bother? One...
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    Teaching Children to Pray
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Mar 16, 2017
    • 4 min

    Teaching Children to Pray

    Teaching children to pray is hard. Here are a few strategies we have found that work.
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    Modelling to our sons how to Cherish our Women.
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Feb 17, 2017
    • 2 min

    Modelling to our sons how to Cherish our Women.

    Our sons need to see their fathers cherishing their Mother and their sisters. Here is one strategy of how to do this.
    128 views0 comments
    Boys Can be Readers: strategies to get boys reading.
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 3 min

    Boys Can be Readers: strategies to get boys reading.

    "Readers are Leaders." I was told this by a teacher when I was young and it stuck with me my whole life. I was one of those boys who...
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    Engaging Boys in Education II: Long-term Strategies.
    Kenton E. Biffert
    • Jan 26, 2017
    • 5 min

    Engaging Boys in Education II: Long-term Strategies.

    Immediate engagement strategies are good, but poor engagement can be symptomatic of a deeper issue. It is this that I hope to address in...
    52 views0 comments
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