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Level 2 — Person & Relationships

Dopamine Family

November 16, 2021

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

Raising the Gratitude Ratio

October 12, 2021

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

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

Dopamine Family

November 16, 2021

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

Raising the Gratitude Ratio

October 12, 2021

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

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

Life Lessons from a Father of Nine

May 7, 2024

Listen Now Sometimes you have to hit pause and thank God for one who has run the race well—and we’d like to do that as we

The Fruit of a Family’s Love

April 30, 2024

Listen Now “This is my favorite level!” a young dad said, smiling, turning to us at a recent Trinity House Gathering at a nearby parish. That night’s

3 Steps to a Better Family Culture

April 23, 2024

Listen Now “How are we supposed to build a strong family culture when we’re so busy all the time, running from one thing to the

The Resurrection at Work in Our Homes

April 16, 2024

Listen Now One of the perks of belonging to a big family (Ever is one of 12) is huge, loud, chaotic family gatherings. But the recent Easter

Stop the Spin Cycle with Saint Therese

April 9, 2024

Listen Now We’ve all been there. Our spouse or a trusted friend delivers a slight. An unfair criticism. A passive-aggressive comment seemingly intended to undermine

“Date Night, Family Night & Bible Study Rolled into One”

April 2, 2024

Listen Now “Saints Philip and James in Baltimore is known as a university parish, serving Johns Hopkins faculty and staff, as well as undergraduate and graduate

Are You Here As They Crucify Our Lord?

March 26, 2024

Listen Now Some friends of ours welcomed their third child two weeks ago. Their daughter was born about eight weeks early, and while she’s thankfully

Harnessing Vision & Will

March 19, 2024

Listen Now Fatigue. Distraction. Burnout… And yes: Focus. Order. Thriving… Perhaps nowhere is the push-and-pull between these dynamics more keenly felt in a Trinity House

Your Inner Lost Sheep, Prodigal Son, and Older Brother

March 12, 2024

Listen Now Let’s be honest: parenting is no walk in the park. Yes, on our better days, we provide the prompt, generous and consistent love

Iron Sharpens Iron

March 5, 2024

Listen Now At Sunday Mass the other day, we had a flashback to what Mass was like 15 years ago, when we were new to

Car Culture

February 27, 2024

Listen Now “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”

Our Junk Drawers & Lent

February 20, 2024

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