Dear Friend, Try this. Step back and survey your family — and don’t pronounce any judgment on all the various ways you and your spouse and children may or may not overdo it with smartphones, social media, TV, fantasy football, gaming, Netflix,…
Dear Friend, To hear this letter read by Ever, click here. This month marks the 40th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s landmark apostolic exhortation “On the Role of the Family in the Modern World,” or Familiaris Consortio. Anniversaries…
Dear Friend, To hear this letter read by Soren, click here. “Don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good.” Honestly, that’s one of the more helpful adages for us—since we often lament how our “good” falls short of our “perfect”…
Dear Friend, It didn’t take long for our nine-year-old 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…
To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, “Ten were cleansed, were they not?” Jesus asks his disciples in that memorable Gospel account. “Where are the other nine?” he continues, noting an alarming 1:10 ratio of grateful…
Dear Friend, You might think that with 12 children, a demanding business, and the stresses facing every family, John and Ever Horan must have had seasons when they threw in the towel on the nightly family Rosary (yes, all 5…
To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, Teamwork. Self-sacrifice. Leadership. Learning to cope with defeat and handle victory. Physical fitness in an age of rising childhood obesity and screen addiction. Wow! And these are just some…
To hear this letter read by Soren, click here: Dear Friend, Is it any wonder that disagreements over money consistently rank as a top driver of divorce? Hammering out a budget is hard work. Raising young children is exhausting. Put…
To hear this letter read by Soren, click here: Dear Friend, In your early years, did you ever fail a test? Get bullied on the bus? Not get invited to the sleepover? Get singled out for criticism? Botch the game-winning…
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…
by Soren & Ever Johnson To hear this letter read by Soren, click here: Dear Friend, The tragic events in Afghanistan these past two weeks are reminding us of another not-too-distant tragedy, one that brought unexpected joy…
To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, Do you ever worry that your family culture is getting stuck within the thin, materialistic culture that surrounds us, and is consequently growing kids without depth or the ability to focus on…
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