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Heaven in Your Home Letters

Woodpiles, Pear Harvests & Fall Family Teamwork

October 17, 2023

Listen Now It didn’t take long for our youngest son to start stacking the newly-delivered cord of firewood at the end of the driveway. What began as a father-son project turned into an “I’ve-got-this, Dad” moment for our son to demonstrate…

Approaching Blocks to Growth and Relating

October 10, 2023

Listen Now We’ve all been there. An argument with a co-worker or spouse flares up. A good friend or the boss does that thing that makes us crazy. It could be about anything—schedules, chores, unmatching expectations, communication styles, money, overtime hours, disciplining the…

A Vision & Plan for Family Life

October 3, 2023

Maybe our story will sound familiar. When we fastened the seatbelts in the rollercoaster of parenting for the first time, on an unforgettable day in February 2003, we didn't have a vision, plan, or strategy. No one had shared a "Parenting 101"…

Our Top 5 Mistakes with Family Culture

September 26, 2023

We’ve made quite a few mistakes over the years in our attempts to build Family Culture, Level 4 of a Trinity House. And we hope you can learn from them! But first, a recap.When the work is done, it’s time to enjoy building up…

Menial Tasks & Heaven in Your Home

September 19, 2023

A priest friend recently shared how he had heard the idea of “Menial Task Thursdays” from a brother priest. Before he corralled his menial tasks, they had hung over him like a fog all week. Now, as various bills or requests land on his…

What Do You Need from This Conversation?

September 12, 2023

The other day, one of us (let’s just leave this a little vague) needed to vent. About the “overwhelm”. About how non-stop life is. About the sudden explosion of the fall schedule with our kids running in ten directions at once….

12 Easy Ways to Reset Family Prayer

September 5, 2023

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…

God Beat Us to It

August 29, 2023

Our son, who recently left for his first year of college, called home with a fascinating report. Following Sunday Mass at his new, admittedly much smaller, parish, he experienced something very different from the (unfortunately all-too-common) rush to the parking lot….

Living Liturgically Deepens Family Culture

August 22, 2023

We don't know about your family…but ours has slipped a bit this summer when it comes to evening prayer time. We shared this with a priest friend of ours the other day, and he said, “This is a fitting moment to…

The Big 3 on Campus…and in Our Homes

August 15, 2023

The other week, I grabbed coffee with an impressive new college graduate who is heading off to be a FOCUS missionary this fall. For his last few years of college, he led men’s small groups and Bible studies, so I asked…

Back to School Jitters

August 8, 2023

With the start of a new school year just a few weeks away, kids are starting to feel the jitters. Many homes will go through a roller-coaster of emotion in the weeks ahead, but shopping, checklists, calendars, and schedules will…

7 Ways to Build Your Family Culture This Summer

July 25, 2023

> In case you missed it, here is last week’s Catholic News Agency article on our new Trinity House Community Groups, "New Catholic Ministry Invites the Whole Family to Grow in their Faith and in Community." > "10 Summer Ideas for the…