Sacred Wonder: Rediscovering Scripture Through the Eyes of My Children
My 6-year-old daughter and I recently started reading chapter books together. The experience of a narrative slowly unfolding mesmerizes her. The story, “Wildsmith,” by Liz…
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Learning About Sacrifice, With the Help of St. Mark
Sacrifice is key. We know that Jesus requires this of his followers, but I also heard this statement repeated many times when my wife and…
10 Ways to Serve Others When You Have Young Kids
No matter how servant-hearted we are, it’s all too common for our altruistic efforts to come screeching to a halt once little ones arrive on…
What My Family Learned From Inviting Our Local Priests to Dinner
The invitation started with a LEGO set. My 7-year-old came downstairs to show me his newest brick creation, a castle-like structure inspired by his latest…
Children and the Church: Recognizing the Welcome
My husband is in the Army Reserve, which means that, coupled with his civilian work schedule, he is gone at least one weekend a month.…
3 Ways God Reveals Himself to Me Through My Young Children
The old adage is true: Having children changes everything. How I spend my time and make decisions is different than it was a few years…
Noisy Children at Mass Are Part of Our Catholic Community
I once sat behind an older man who was angry because our then-3-year-old was talking in church. The man spent the entire Mass huffing and…
#457 Wait — I thought priests already could forgive the sin of abortion?!
Pope Francis is back in the news with an announcement that has a lot of people asking questions about the Catholic Church forgiving the sin…
#456 How do I talk to my kids about creation?
What happens when kids want to know where everything came from? Do you only tell them only one theory? Fr. Dave, Barbara, and Senior Podcast…
An Act of True Love
Here at Casa Kim we have Frozen on the brain. We have the dresses. We have the dolls. We have the entire soundtrack committed to…
