by Michele Suner | How far is it to Bethlehem? Not very far. Shall we find the stable room Lit by the star?

It’s been another full year for families everywhere, and if you’ve been following the adventures and exploits of our Featured Families – or if you homeschool yourself – you know ...

by Andrew Murphy | If we journey back almost 2000 years to the city of David to the small town of Bethlehem on the eve of the first Christmas...

by Nikolai Brelinksi | When I left the church that night, wishing friends “Merry Christmas”, I felt that Christmas love in the air.

Not to be a whiner, but there have been parts of this Advent which have felt like Lent in our house.  Rather than cheerfully preparing for a beloved guest, I ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | In this holy and penitential season of Advent, the court of Heaven is summoning you to stand up, step out, and dare to become one of them!

by John Clark | No Christmas season is complete without a family viewing of 'It's a Wonderful Life', but homeschooling dads can get more out of it than you thought...

Christmas is upon us again! Here are five favorite, seasonal recipes submitted by our Featured Families, traditions in their homes. Thank you for being a part of our Christmas issue, ...

The "12 Days of Christmas" gives us a chance to ponder aspects of our Catholic Faith inspired by the gifts mentioned.

by Christine Smitha | It isn’t easy to keep the Christmas spirit alive, especially after Christmas, when everyone else seems to have forgotten that it ever was Christmas.

by Mary Ellen Barrett | Christmas week can be a very stressful one for us homeschool moms, maybe even more so because...

by Emily Molitor | Growing up in a large family, this time of waiting meant baking cookies, reading books, and creating crafts.

As I finish out my blog posts of 2014, let me just say thanks to all of you who have read and contributed to the success of this blog. I ...

This famous short story that often appears in Christmas anthologies perfectly captures the Christian ideal of the joy of giving and the virtue of poverty of spirit. A young husband ...

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | With all the hectic activity of December—preparing for Christmas parties, buying gifts, cleaning the house—it’s easy to forget that we should mainly be preparing our hearts

by Dr Mary Kay Clark | As we homeschooling families approach Christmas, it is not easy to keep the children attentive to their studies.

by Mary Ellen Barrett | I wanted a beautiful home for Advent, but instead got sheetrock, spackle, large men with tool belts and very little heat.

by Lorraine Espenhain | Spending five or six hours in a kitchen preparing food is just not my idea of a good time.

by Christine Smitha | Around the world, many of the best Advent traditions carry the idea of the hidden seed, a hidden seed of faith and charity we nurture...

by Dr. Mary Kay Clark | It was Anne’s and Joachim’s realization that she needed to be protected from the curiosity of others, that made them decide to take Mary to the private, protective...