The Un-Silence of the Lambs: Inside the Beautiful Mess of Mass with Small Children
COMMENTARY: We don’t go to Mass because we’re perfect. We go to Mass because we’re broken.
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Why the Catholic View of Infertility Can Help the White House Create a Truly Pro-Life Policy
COMMENTARY: From personal experience, I know that there often are no easy solutions, but sound government policies can assist couples who bear the cross of infertility.
Polling Gen Z: The Great Divide on What Defines a Successful Life
A look at where ‘success,’ as NBC News defines it, falls short.
My Substack Went Viral Because of the Kitchen’s Place in the Domestic Church
COMMENTARY: When we feed our family’s bellies, we also nourish their souls —includingthat feeling of love that comes with a hot meal, prepared by loving hands, in the heart of the home.
The Catholic View of ‘Having It All’
COMMENTARY: As Pope St. John Paul II suggests: Where women need to be in the workforce or feel called to it, the world should help them out in a way that honors them back for the gift they give society.
In Light of the ‘Mankeeping’ Discussion, Remember the Wisdom of the Church
COMMENTARY: Protectors and providers still need support and care, and nurturers still need a strong shoulder to lean on — and those limitations don’t make us weak; they just give us the gift of needing each other.
Why Pope Leo Is Right About the Importance of Prayer in Marriage
COMMENTARY: Since his parents ultimately raised the Holy Father, it’s hard to disagree with the Pope’s advice, and it certainly seems to echo across the centuries, through countless saints, especially those married couples who produced saints of their own.
Bishop Conley the Beekeeper Enjoys Time in the ‘Really Real’
The sweet — literally — story behind his care of creation and ‘the peace of wild things.’
Why Have Kids? Because They Can Help Solve the World’s Scariest Problems
COMMENTARY: Children are their own wealth — and those who fret about the carbon footprint of their progeny would do well to think of them for all they give, not for all they may destroy.
Living ‘Laudato Si’ on an Urban Farm in Tennessee
COMMENTARY: As I worked to put my family’s existence into better harmony with nature, something even better happened — I started to feel myself closer to God.
