Thriving!
by Arwen Mosher in Family on Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:13 PM
I’ll admit it: when I read the title and opening paragraphs of Jen Fulwiler’s recent post at the National Catholic Register blog, I stifled a sigh. The piece is called “Moms of Young Children: The Time to Thrive Is Now” and I was afraid I was about to read another screed about how mothers could be fit, organized, and put-together (with harmonious marriages and deep spiritual lives) if only we would self-motivate, prioritize, and Make Time for Us.
I’m a mom of young children. I exhaust myself daily... READ MORE
In Praise of Unknown Engineers
by Jake Frost in Family on Monday, January 09, 2012 10:52 PM
Who can name the geniuses who have wrought our modern world? The scientists and engineers whose imagination, sweat and determination created the artifacts of material culture we use and rely upon each day?
I’m not talking Thomas Edison, Henry Ford or the Wright brothers. Everyone already knows about light-bulbs and cars and airplanes. But how about the inventor of the zip-lock bag? The lowly but lovely Swifter? Those hardy and child resilient Corelle plates?
Maybe they aren’t as exciting... READ MORE
Home By Another Way
by Kelly Dolin in Faith on Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:44 PM
In my work in The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, I am preparing to celebrate epiphany. In the atrium, we will ponder the long journey of the wise men; we will talk about the fact that they fell prostrate in the presence of their savior; we will read about how they returned to their country by a different way.
They returned to their country by a different way.
They had had an epiphany. We will say the word. We will define it - “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential... READ MORE
Wonderful Christmastime
by Rachel Balducci in Family on Sunday, January 01, 2012 6:26 PM
We got the prettiest Christmas tree this year. As part of our annual family ritual, we loaded up the kids and headed out to the country to our favorite tree farm, just like we’ve done every year since Paul and I were first married.
Our very first Christmas, Paul tagged along with friends. I was working my weekend shift as the obituary writer at the paper, so the two of us grabbed a tree in town and he went along that Sunday for the ride.
The next year, and nearly every year since then, we have gone... READ MORE
Making (Imperfect) Memories
by Colleen Duggan in Family on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:57 PM
For the last couple weeks, I have planned various Christmas projects so the kids and I can work together in a constructive, memory-making kind of way. I admit to grandiose visions of homemade goodness prepared in an atmosphere of familial calm, peace, and love but the reality is more reflective of preschool playhouse bar room fights (if there were such a thing).
Take yesterday, for example.
As soon as I had organized the three older children in their cooking aprons, Patrick started shouting at... READ MORE
Merry Christmas, Baby
by Gina Loehr in Faith on Sunday, December 25, 2011 12:00 AM
I just can’t help it. Whenever someone says “The Infant Jesus” I immediately picture the dusty porcelain statue of the Infant of Prague with a chip missing from his nose in the back of church.
Robed in a white silk dress, wearing a crown full of fake jewels and holding a baby sized scepter, he is the picture of piety and delicacy. He’s not for cuddling or cooing; he’s not even for touching. He’s just for admiring from afar.
Stale images like this take up too much space in my stifled religious imagination.... READ MORE
Eyes On Your Own Nativity
by Kelly Dolin in Faith on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 3:00 PM
I recently gleaned some useful Christmas advice from a combox here at Faith and Family Live!. Commenter StephC was responding to a mother who is where most of us have been at one time or another: Overwhelmed. Tired, out of steam, even hopeless—and riding the Polar Express full speed into That Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
Steph’s advice? Keep your eyes on your own nativity. As we enter the final days of preparation for the great feast of Christmas, we would all do well to take this to heart.
... READ MOREWhom Do We Seek?
by Rachel Balducci in Faith on Sunday, December 18, 2011 4:52 PM
I lost Henry the other day.
We were on our way home from grocery shopping and I remembered that I needed to pick up something at a clothing shop for my son’s birthday. We popped in, I didn’t even load the baby in a stroller, so we could grab the item and get.
About five minutes into our trip a friend walked by, and in the thirty seconds it took me to say hello and hope to see you soon, Henry disappeared. I looked away from my friend’s face and he was nowhere to be found.
Of course during those nanoseconds... READ MORE
Should My Teen Read Twilight?
by Julie Rattey in Reviews on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:00 PM
Stephenie Meyer, a 37-year-old mother of three, does not read vampire novels. She says she “just knows” she is “too much of a wuss for Stephen King’s books,” and she’s “waaay too chicken to read horror.” She also happens to be the author of a hugely popular young adult series called Twilight… about vampires.
One would not expect a vampire series, however relatively tame, to drum up much controversy among the Christian community. It would either be dismissed as irrelevant or condemned as inappropriate.... READ MORE
Too Pretty To Do Homework?
by Kelly Dolin in Family on Sunday, December 11, 2011 1:35 PM
The Washington Post reports that JC Penney has been taken to task for marketing a t-shirt that reads, “I’m too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me.”
To make matters worse, the description of the shirt on the JC Penney website reads, “Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bieber album out? She’ll love this tee that’s just as cute and sassy as she is.”
My daughter is cute and sassy. We’re not going out of our way to encourage the sassy part. It’s coming along quite... READ MORE
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