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Heaven in Your Home Letters

Invite the Saints into Your Home

September 1, 2020

Imagine…. Today, your phone rings. A genealogical researcher introduces himself, and proceeds to inform you that you are related to a saint…that your family tree includes a towering giant of the faith from centuries past. How would you react? If…

What to Do Once You Shut Off the WiFi

August 25, 2020

“See this?” a friend and father of five asked over breakfast at a local diner last week, pointing to an app on his phone. “There!” he said matter-of-factly, as he hit a large “pause” icon on the screen. “I just turned…

Manna, the Eucharist & the Rising Cost of Food

August 18, 2020

“What is that?!” our 15-year-old son asked incredulously the other day, pointing to a three-block long line of cars in town. It was a drive-thru lunch line set up in a vacant building by a local initiative that provides more…

Family Stories + Photos = Confidence (and Much More)

August 11, 2020

What if we told you that we know of a simple set of practices proven to decrease children’s anxiety and behavioral problems, while strengthening their identity in Christ? Read on, because we found it. And it’s downright enjoyable. In the second…

Light in August

August 4, 2020

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 Magic of Camp & Grandparents

July 28, 2020

Dear Friend, “Would you two like to get away for a week this summer while we watch your kids?” Soren’s parents asked us on a memorable phone call in 2007. Pregnant, and with 4- and 2-year-olds screaming in the background,…

How to Fix Stuff (and Other Secrets of Happy Families)

July 21, 2020

Dear Friend, While sheltering at home earlier this year, our family embarked on a series of ambitious DIY projects that will likely keep us busy well into next year. In March, we shared how we were enlarging our vegetable patch….

The Truth Will Make You Odd

July 14, 2020

Dear Friend, This week, our family is visiting relatives in New Orleans. On the way down, we pulled off the highway in Milledgeville, Georgia, the hometown of a favorite southern writer, Flannery O’Connor, and attended a weekday Mass at the parish where she…

Your Home. Your Monastery.

July 7, 2020

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…

Sharing Heaven with Strangers

June 30, 2020

Dear Friend, “Um…that was awkward!” That’s what we sometimes hear from our three teens or two younger children after they see us chatting with strangers at Trinity House Café, the grocery check-out aisle, the church vestibule, or elsewhere. Even before Covid-19 thrust us…

This Just In: You Need a Vacation

June 23, 2020

Dear Friend, “Fear, pain, anxiety, betrayal, stress,” our pastor said in his homily last Sunday. “Our emotions are all over the place,” he said, before drawing our attention to the words of Jesus in the Gospel reading: “Be not afraid.” Now is…

The Sacred Heart’s Summer Schedule

June 17, 2020

Dear Friend, Candidly, the start of summer has caught our family flat-footed. In our defense, last week we—along with our team of wonderful baristas and volunteers!—reopened Trinity House Café + Market after 11 weeks of temporary closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. You know that moment, after…