This year, social media platforms such as Facebook have hosted a groundswell of complaints regarding Mother's Day. Most of the hard feelings, it seems, come from good Christian women who, for one reason or another,
Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, on which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which
Yesterday morning, I slipped past three bouncy little girls at the doorway to Walmart. They were wearing their Girl Scout uniforms, holding up boxes of cookies, hoping I'd buy some Thin Mints or Do-Si-Dos to
Learning can be fun! I'm always impressed by young mothers who slip lessons for their children into unexpected places--strategically mounting a world map on the refrigerator door, hanging a shower curtain which features the periodic table.... So I
Whether or not I'm pregnant is not one of the questions I struggle with these days. My children are grown; and while I wish with all my heart that I still had a houseful of
There is trouble in the Pitt-Jolie household. Actress Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband, actor Brad Pitt. The couple, who met in 2004 on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", has
I am a lazy cook. There was a time when I spent a lot of time poring over cookbooks, fine-tuning shopping lists, experimenting with bananas flambeau, stuffing a rainbow trout and stitching it closed. For
After fourteen years at Courage International and its companion apostolate EnCourage, including nine years as its Executive Director, Fr. Paul Check has announced that he will be leaving that position to accept another assignment. Bishop Frank Caggiano,
Matt and Melissa Graves, the devoted parents whose two-year-old son Lane was killed by an alligator during a family vacation at Walt Disney World, continue to inspire. In a litigious society in which people often
A Michigan woman has filed suit against her doctor in an unusual case that's being called "wrongful conception." Oh, Lori Cichewicz of Commerce Township loves her child. Speaking of her now-five-year-old daughter Reagan, Cichewicz says,
