Three Steps to a Simpler, Richer (and Saner) Summer
This mother’s “minimum plan” makes for maximum benefits.
Every year I’m ambushed by summer. As school comes to an end and our regular schedule disappears, it’s a struggle to change gears and begin dealing with that familiar question: “I’m bored, Mom, what can I do?” Continue »
God Has a Human Face
Matthew 10:24-33
Even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid. (Matthew 10:30-31) Continue »
Celebrate Easter’s 50 Days
Family Activities to Celebrate the Easter Season
Easter is the most important feast of the Christian year—so important that the Church sets aside a seven-week season to rejoice in Christ’s victory over sin and death. Continue »
Embrace the Mystery of Faith This Lent
Activities to involve our kids and give depth to their faith
Jesus spent a lot of time and energy trying to get his followers to see the deeper reality beneath life’s surface. He did this by telling stories in which the obvious conclusion got turned on its head: The first becomes last, and the last is welcomed as first. Continue »
Be Reconciled to God!
Helping Kids to Love the Gift of Reconciliation
When I celebrate baptisms, I love to ask for the help of a child in the congregation, preferably an older sibling of the baby being baptized. Continue »
