A teenager came up to me once after I had given a talk on marriage and asked me, "Why did God make sex feel so great and then expect us to wait so long before we can use it?" He continued, "Personally, I think there is nothing wrong with sex before marriage as long as each person agrees." More »

"Peace and war begin at home. If we truly want peace in the world, let us begin by loving one another in our own families. If we want to spread joy, we need for every family to have joy." (Mother Teresa of Calcutta) More »

In the past, there were two persons of the Trinity whom I loved and experienced and prayed to— the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father, however, was always somewhere in the distance, a person I could not reach. I didn’t feel I was worthy to reach him, nor did I believe that he had time for me. More »

But I trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalm 13:5-6) More »

The first time I spent the Easter holidays with my husband’s family, I participated in one of their long-established traditions. We made Easter baskets out of construction paper and filled them with candy. A family member’s name was written on the handle, and the entire basket was stashed into a plastic bag. On Saturday evening, my husband and his brother hid the baskets all over the house. More »

Brian was a happy fifth-grader who related well, enjoyed learning, and accepted his parents’ Christian values. Then he changed schools. More »

A survey of American Catholic couples by the Lenawee Center for Pastoral Research at St. Andrew’s University of the Ozarks found that less than two percent of husbands and wives ever read and discuss the Bible together. "Even among couples where both spouses read the Bible individually, only one in twenty read it together," reported Sr. Therese Cardigan, D.N.E., who directs the research center. More »

Like many parents, every day my wife and I face real and challenging issues in our family. More »