Pater Familias

"Men will take up arms and even sacrifice their lives for the sake of this love….when harmony prevails, the children are raised well, the household is kept in order, and neighbors, friends, and relatives praise the result. Great benefits, both of families and states, are thus produced. When it is otherwise, however, everything is thrown into confusion and turned upside-down.” --St. John Chrysostom

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Lost and Found

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Today's reading is from the Gospel of Luke. Of all the stories in the Bible, it is the one closest to my heart--the Parable of the Prodi...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Boot Camp

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I only applied to two colleges during high school: Penn State and West Point. I didn't really want to go to college at all (I wanted to ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Paying the Piper

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Have you ever heard the story of the Pied Piper? It's a horrifying legend that goes something like this. During the Middle Ages, a small...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Fred the Fireman, and the SAHD Dilemma

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Can I admit something? I love my kids, but I hate being home with them all day, even for one day. Now, I am not a stay-at-home dad, but I ha...
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Friday, February 19, 2016

Keeping Things To Code

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As I'm wont to do in my downtime, I indulge the crazy ideas that go through my mind from time to time. The google du jour was "roc...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Breakfast Is Served

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I had to pick up one of my sick kids early from daycare this afternoon. Back at the house and bored from watching too much Paw Patrol, I ask...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

"Radical" Christianity

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I ran across an essay recently that attempted to bring to light the implicit biases we have when using the terms "radical" as it r...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Showing the Dawn It's Place

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There are so many agricultural parables in the Bible and for good reason--the people of the Ancient Near East were primarily an agrarian peo...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The Seeds of Lent

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Last week, during a brief warm spell and in a prematurely excited desire to get things going in my garden ahead of schedule, I planted 3 row...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Teach Us To Pray

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I love listening to son pray when we're in the car. I'll try to encourage him, and he kind of strings words and phrases together he...
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I am a happily married 46 year old Catholic father of three. I am not a professional Catholic. I am a reluctant author. I am just an ordinary guy trying to get his family to Heaven, and leaving some breadcrumbs along the way. "I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone." --St. Francis of Assisi
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