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Spiritual Fatherhood
"To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others." –Saint John Paul II It's dinnertime for the family. Kids bring over dishes and help set the table....
Saint Joan For Our Age
The theme of our times, the thread that passes through every aspect of our lives in these 2020’s, is mistrust. We’ve been betrayed, misled and deceived so many times, and by so many we should have been able to rely on. There’s no need to catalogue the betrayals. The...
The Power of the Imagination: Happy and Whole
Just in time for Christmas, TOBET is releasing another storybook entitled Happy and Whole. Author Amy Dedman shares delight in God’s design of the human body with much humor, for pre-school through kindergarten children. When I read Happy and Whole to my special...
TOB: A Sacramental View of Reality
Cover of our NEW Level 7, Book 1: Our Bodies Made Male & Female (Second Edition)“Mom and Papa, do you think I should really publish this book? I may go to jail for it.” “Do what’s right, Monica. We will visit you in jail,” they said with wry but truthful smiles! ...
Grand Finale for Lesson Books!
Cover of our Level 8, Book 2:Catholicism for EveryBODYFive years… and finally finished! The very last book of The Body Matters program has arrived from the printer! I must admit, I have reread my own book five times since getting it two days ago! And it is a hummer!...
The Penetrating Wisdom of Cardinal Sarah on the Body
Cardinal SarahMost of us are tired of all of the discussion about COVID19 and general upheaval, so we are relieved to speak of something else. To that end, let’s talk about Cardinal Sarah’s latest book, The Day Is Now Far Spent. At a time when we are uncertain whom to...
St. John Paul: Helping Us See & Experience Love Beyond the Veil
May 18, 1920 probably seemed an ordinary day in Wadowice, Poland. Little did the Polish people, the Catholic Church, or I (born 42 ½ years later) realize what an impact one man would have on so many people for years to come, even after that one man passed beyond the...
The One Best Thing
The cover of our book, The Body and Holy MassWhat is THE one, best thing any one of us can do for our children? It’s a gift that will never wear out or depreciate in value, never be donated to Goodwill, eaten by moths, or stolen from a vault. THE ONE BEST THING. It is...
The Serious Business of Heaven
When you consider a new recipe, you look at the picture of the finished dish. When you plan a vacation, you look at the photos of the hotel rooms before you book. When you interview for a new job, you meet your prospective co-workers, and ask yourself, “Would I fit...
The Battle for Our Hearts
We are at war. You are at war. The war is inside our hearts. If you are the sort of Catholic who subscribes to this blog, you already know this. But many don’t. And strangely, it is important that we tell them, especially the young people. They can’t effectively...