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To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, We can hardly believe it, but this summer we’re celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. Big markers
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DREAM of heaven in your home… Dear Friend, To hear this letter read by Soren, click here… Last Sunday at Mass was one of those
A Letter from the Past…and the Amazing Summer Ahead
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Last week, a remarkable letter arrived in the mailbox for our soon-to-be high school graduate daughter. It was written by her to herself—during 5th grade—on
Friendship in the “Joyless Empire of Busyness”
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“I used to wonder why my parents didn’t have any friends!” So said a friend of ours—a busy parent of young children. We all laughed, but
Divine Mercy for Mothers
April 13, 2021
I have an image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in my prayer corner. She is so beautiful and serene—everything I often feel I’m not as
The True Source of Intimacy
March 9, 2021
If we had to pick a level at which most Trinity Houses fail to live up to the name, ours included, it would be Level 2, Person
Relationship Roadblocks as Channels of Grace
February 9, 2021
With the kids tucked in the other night, we decided to treat ourselves to an episode of a BBC series based on Middlemarch, one of Ever’s all-time favorite
Could an Adoration Date Help?
January 12, 2021
Hey, wasn’t everything supposed to magically get better when we turned from 2020 to 2021?! But here we are—all seven in the Johnson household still at
17 Days Left to Put Things Right
December 8, 2020
“Make straight the way of the Lord!” These words of St. John the Baptist (and before him, Isaiah) may as well be the motto for
The Best Life Lesson of All?
September 14, 2021
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
Your Spouse’s Dazzling Holiness
August 10, 2021
To hear this letter read by Ever, click here: Dear Friend, We can hardly believe it, but this summer we’re celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. Big markers
What Gets Lost in Relationships
July 13, 2021
DREAM of heaven in your home… Dear Friend, To hear this letter read by Soren, click here… Last Sunday at Mass was one of those
A Letter from the Past…and the Amazing Summer Ahead
June 8, 2021
Last week, a remarkable letter arrived in the mailbox for our soon-to-be high school graduate daughter. It was written by her to herself—during 5th grade—on
Friendship in the “Joyless Empire of Busyness”
May 11, 2021
“I used to wonder why my parents didn’t have any friends!” So said a friend of ours—a busy parent of young children. We all laughed, but
Divine Mercy for Mothers
April 13, 2021
I have an image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in my prayer corner. She is so beautiful and serene—everything I often feel I’m not as
The True Source of Intimacy
March 9, 2021
If we had to pick a level at which most Trinity Houses fail to live up to the name, ours included, it would be Level 2, Person
Relationship Roadblocks as Channels of Grace
February 9, 2021
With the kids tucked in the other night, we decided to treat ourselves to an episode of a BBC series based on Middlemarch, one of Ever’s all-time favorite
Could an Adoration Date Help?
January 12, 2021
Hey, wasn’t everything supposed to magically get better when we turned from 2020 to 2021?! But here we are—all seven in the Johnson household still at
17 Days Left to Put Things Right
December 8, 2020
“Make straight the way of the Lord!” These words of St. John the Baptist (and before him, Isaiah) may as well be the motto for
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Listen Now From Soren: After 11 years as a monthly columnist for the award-winning Arlington Catholic Herald, I made the decision to wrap it up
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Merry Christmas! We pray that the graces of the Christmas octave will bless you and your family as we continue to celebrate His birth! Please
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Listen Now The other day we reorganized our junk drawer. We were forced into it by the fact that it no longer closed. Or if
Find Heaven in Your Home This Lent
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“Their new book Heaven in Your Home Letters & Guide is beautiful to look at, but it’s not a lifestyle magazine, nor is it a self-help book.
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Just in time for your Lenten reading needs! Resolve to work on your Trinity House this Lent. With five levels to your Trinity House,
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Have you heard about the new movie Cabrini, coming out in March? Look up the trailer and feast your heart on a snippet of the story
Who’s Your Timekeeper?
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Listen Now Who keeps the time for your family? It may seem like an odd question, but take one look around, and you’ll find all
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Listen Now From Soren: After 11 years as a monthly columnist for the award-winning Arlington Catholic Herald, I made the decision to wrap it up
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Listen Now Even though you’ve probably settled on your 2024 New Year’s resolutions by now, we’d like to invite you to consider one more—a resolution
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Merry Christmas! We pray that the graces of the Christmas octave will bless you and your family as we continue to celebrate His birth! Please
Let’s Make It Easy for Our Kids to Believe
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Listen Now It’s above our theological pay grade, but let’s imagine that in God’s plan to save us and invite us to eternal life, he
