A few months ago, my oldest son told me he has a friend who has seven siblings, four with Down Syndrome.

A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they respond, "That’s your job."

Do you remember "good ole boys"?

This is perhaps at once the most terrifying and practical of all the principles I have found in Thomas Aquinas.

In the beginning is the Father. He is the source and goal of all life. From him flows communion through the gift of his entire life to the Son, his perfect image, and from them proceeds the love of the Spirit.

The world is urgently in need of spiritual mothers. Our culture is suffering tremendously and we have an opportunity to be a part of God's plan of healing and salvation in the lives of others by living the spiritual heights we are called to as women through spiritual maternity.

Yes, growing up with a married mother and father gives kids a leg up in life—even more than it used to.

The term 'philosopher kings' sticks in the head of students of ancient philosophy.

Robert Louis Stevenson's wonderful verses often capture more than meets the eye.

Welcoming the baby I did not want.