Marriage & Parenting
How My Children Helped Me Learn to Venerate Mary: Celebrating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
When I was in the third grade, I remember my Baptist mother telling me I could no longer go to a friend’s house to play with he...
Survey Finds That Encouragement is Key to Foster Priestly Vocations
It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a supporting word to raise a priest.Every year, the Committee on Clergy, Cons...
3 Things Your Teen is Right About, and 3 Things You Know Better
Don't treat teens like they are wrong about everything. Don't treat them like they're right about everything either.My first ru...
Forgiveness: 6 Misconceptions That Hold Kids Back
As parents, we know it's second rate – a rote performance that lacks real heart. It’s a three-part act that goes something like...
Nurturing Faith in our Children
Have you ever wondered what it would have been like if Jesus had children? And to have His parenting style recorded in the Bibl...
Guidelines for Happy Grandparenting
When your kids are all grown up, eventually your thoughts turn to what life might be like as a grandparent. And seen from the o...
Only Two Things To Teach My Kids Before They Move Out
J.M. Boyd is a husband to Abby of 25 years next year. They live in Langley with seven children, one who just left for college. ...
3 Ways to Keep the Faith This School Year
“Here, try these on and see what you think.”
Handing a pair of red gym shoes to my oldest, I fully expected him to quickly lac...
9-Day Back-to-School Prayer Challenge: A Novena for the Start of the School Year
Ah, back-to-school season. The time of year that most students (teachers?) dread and all parents rejoice. It’s also the time th...