Moving on Post-Butker
The resulting debate raises two questions: are raising a family and pursuing a career equal? If not, should homemaking be the default?
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"It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping."
St. Frances of Rome
May 223 min read
Mother Love: You are the Representative of God
This is the eighth installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual for...
May 155 min read
Mother Love: Discipline Your Children
This is the seventh installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual...
May 67 min read
Mother Love: Be Vigilant Against Bad Habits
Parenting requires great courage. We cannot be afraid to do the hard work of rooting out sin in our children.
Apr 165 min read
Mother Love: Praise Your Children
This is the fifth installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual for...
Apr 126 min read
Mother Love: Parents are the Primary Educators
This is the fourth installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual for...
Apr 104 min read
Mother Love: Be Present and Prayerful
This is the third installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual for...
Apr 84 min read
Mother Love: Parenting as a Steward
This is the second installment of a ten-part series on "The Ten Commandments of a Christian Education" found in Mother Love: A Manual for...
Apr 55 min read
Mother Love & the Ten Commandments of a Christian Education
"What on God's good earth is more glorious than this; to be a mother?" - Cardinal Mindzenty In the last year or so I stumbled across a...
Jul 11, 20235 min read
Creating a Family Rule of Life
Or, How Our Decision to Homeschool Helped Clarify our Family Culture My family began our homeschooling journey in 2020 when my daughter...
Jul 10, 20235 min read
Make Travel More Sanctifying, Less Stressful
Like many families, we spent the majority of the month of June on the road. We began with a weekend trip to Alabama, followed by a 9-day...
Dec 25, 20222 min read
Merry Christmas from The De Witts
Dear Friends and Family, Rejoice! Today in the city of David, a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord (Lk. 2:11)! 2022 was...
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Rebuking the Spirit of Yellowstone's Beth Dutton
The character of Beth Dutton in the hit series Yellowstone in many ways reflects the destructive consequences feminism continues to wreak...
Aug 22, 20223 min read
Our Lady of Sorrows, not Our Lady of Wrath
In today's Gospel reading in the Ordinary Form of the Mass (Matt. 23:13-26), we read what scholars sometimes refer to as Jesus'...
Oct 19, 20215 min read
Liturgical Living Made Simple with the Ultimate Catholic Bundle
Discover an easy and stress-free way to live liturgically with The Ultimate Catholic Bundle from IamHis365.com.
Jun 16, 20214 min read
Learn to Love the Battle
“He who climbs never stops going from beginning to beginning."
May 19, 20214 min read
Grace Upon Grace
Grace upon grace. Like the waves on the seashore, even as one great wave of consolation recedes, we are not left in a spiritual vacuum.
Apr 30, 20215 min read
Widen Your Circle of Prayer
Learn to use the Church's tradition of dedicating each day of the week to a different spiritual them in order to widen your circle of prayer
Apr 22, 20212 min read
A Brief History of Rogationtide
Learn about the history of Rogation Days, ancient seasonal days of penance and thanksgiving and tips on how to celebrate them!
Mar 24, 20214 min read
Shelter Beneath the Mantle of Authority
God directs us by means of our superiors.
Feb 18, 202123 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in March
Simple but intentional ideas for living liturgically all throughout the month of March.
Feb 16, 20215 min read
The Tail of the Serpent
The cold, hard fact is that most of us aren’t going to Heaven, and we have only ourselves to blame.
Feb 15, 20213 min read
The Year of St. Joseph
Following the Path of Our Spiritual Father December 8, 2020 was not only the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, but also the 150th...
Jan 31, 202127 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in February
A compilation of simple but intentional ideas for celebrating a few of the feast days the Catholic Church observes the month of February.
Jan 19, 20214 min read
Only One Thing Is Needed
At the beginning of a new year, many of us look forward with hope at the blank calendar pages stretching before us.
Jan 7, 20216 min read
How My Baptist Upbringing Influenced My Conversion (Part III)
The third of a series of posts reflecting on the influence of my upbringing as a Baptist minister's daughter on my conversion.
Dec 30, 202024 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in January
Simple but intentional liturgical living activities to keep you celebrating all throughout the month of January!
Dec 22, 20204 min read
A Crisis of Imagination
By constantly immersing ourselves in a cacophony of entertainment, we dull our sensitivities to the mystical.
Dec 18, 20206 min read
How My Baptist Upbringing Influenced My Conversion (Part II)
The second of a series of posts reflecting on the influence of my upbringing as a Baptist minister's daughter on my conversion.
Dec 2, 20208 min read
How My Baptist Upbringing Influenced My Conversion (Part I)
My father, a Southern Baptist minister, and I reflect together on how my upbringing influenced my conversion to Catholicism.
Nov 22, 202025 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in December
A compilation of simple, intentional ideas to live liturgically throughout Advent and Christmas in the month of December.
Nov 12, 20204 min read
Christ is the Reality You Should Be Living In
This post first appeared on Taming the Wilds: Holy Living in a Wild World. I considered myself a Christian my entire life. There was...
Nov 4, 20203 min read
Go Home and Love Your Family
As I write this, it is about noon on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. I, like many of you, was awake into the wee hours of the morning,...
Oct 28, 202022 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in November
Welcome to November, friends! Although Halloween is over, don’t put away the skeleton décor just yet – it’s the Month of the Holy Souls...
Oct 25, 20205 min read
The Preeminent Issue of 2020
In the craziness that is 2020, only one issue remains preeminent above all others.
Oct 22, 20204 min read
What Choosing Life Cost Me
I was on the cusp of achieving all the things I had worked so hard for when those two little pink lines showed up, threatening to ruin it al
Sep 30, 202018 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in October
In this post, you'll find low-prep, no/low-cost ideas to deepen your devotion to the Rosary and celebrate major feast days.
Sep 23, 20207 min read
A God Who Is in the Details
Does God really care about a stuffed animal? The answer is a resounding "yes."
Sep 2, 20205 min read
The Joy is through the Sorrow
Suffering and joy are inextricably intertwined. How are we to understand this mystery which lies at the very heart of the Christian message?
Sep 1, 202012 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in September
Happy September, friends! In this post, you'll find low-prep, no/low-cost ideas to get you started living liturgically in the month of...
Aug 8, 20207 min read
Tell Me a Story
There are no new stories: instead, there is really only one story, the greatest story, and it is the Christian story of salvation.
Jul 31, 202014 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in August
Happy August, friends! The school year is upon us, and schedules tend to get more structured with the end of the summer break. With the...
Jul 28, 20203 min read
Redemption through Generational Faith
God draws straight with crooked lines, and He has mercy on those who fear Him in every generation.
Jul 14, 20205 min read
When the Sacraments Stop Working
Our pews and pulpits are filled with hypocrites. So what gives? Why, despite our best efforts, are we such abysmal failures spiritually?
Jul 5, 20208 min read
Finding Forgiveness & Overcoming Resentment
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." But how do we overcome deep hurts and practice true forgiveness?
Jun 29, 202011 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in July
A compilation of (mostly!) free and easy liturgical living ideas to celebrate the saints of July!
Jun 23, 20206 min read
The Theology of Play
It is through praise and wonder, cultivating a childlike attitude of play, joy and delight in approaching God, that we gain true humility.
Jun 6, 20206 min read
Rooting Out Systemic Sin
The root cause of 100% of the problems covered by the nightly news is sin – systemic sin.
May 31, 20207 min read
Liturgical Living for Busy Families in June
Your one-stop shop for ideas, links and resources to live liturgically in June.
May 27, 20204 min read
On Spiritual Pacing
As we are coming up on the halfway point of the year and a change in liturgical seasons, it’s a good time to take a spiritual inventory.
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