Your Home. Your Monastery.
Dear Friend, “We hope this message finds you happy and healthy!” the cheery voicemail from our kids’ school began late last week. We could hear the “but” coming though, as the tone of voice shifted. And sure enough, the message went on to break the news that only two days per week of in-class […]
7 Ways to Build Your Family Culture This Summer
Listen Now Late last week, we looked out the back window to see our three boys—ages 18, 16, and 11—playing an intense game of wiffleball (Soren joined them a few minutes later). They seemed almost oblivious to the 90-degree weather and humidity as they yelled, ran the bases, and playfully ribbed each other. We teared up, thinking about how […]
12 Easy Ways to Reset Family Prayer
Listen Now Some friends recently shared that their family prayer time had become so awful that they quit. And they’re certainly not alone. Whatever the reason—new baby, summer laxity, a move, tough teens, screen addictions—we all need strategies to reboot family prayer from time to time. So with the arrival of fall and the chance for a […]
12 Easy Ways to Reset Family Prayer
by Soren & Ever Johnson To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, Some friends recently shared that their family prayer time had become so awful that they quit. And they’re certainly not alone. Whatever the reason—new baby, summer laxity, a move, tough teens, screen addictions—we all need strategies to reboot family […]
Light in August
Dear Friend, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal famously wrote. So let’s be honest: when was the last time you sat quietly alone, on retreat? Never? 10 years ago? Even with the global COVID slowdown, it’s common to view a spiritual retreat—at a monastery, shrine, retreat center, […]
Faith Life TOOLS
Advent In “Why the Magnificat is the Perfect Prayer for Advent” (OSV News), Kenneth Craycraft asserts that Mary proclaimed the words in her Magnificat when she was “newly pregnant.” Thus, the “commencement of Advent is the perfect time for meditating on Our Lady’s words” as we prepare for the birth of Our Lord. In “How […]
