This article is part of a series on Favorite Characters in Literature. We hope that it may inspire children and adults alike to become acquainted, or re-acquainted, with some of ...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Although Dr. Samuel Johnson is not a fictional character in a novel, he is the subject of a great biography. The preeminent man of letters in the eighteenth century, Dr. Johnson accomplished extraordinary feats of writing.

by Bob Wiesner | For most, the time eventually comes when small jobs such as baby sitting or yard care must give way to more formal work situations.

Years ago, someone popularized the idea of dad taking his child to work for a day.

In George Macdonald’s children’s classic 'The Princess and the Goblin', Princess Irene meets a grandmother when she goes exploring...

by John Clark | Since today is his feast day, it seems appropriate to take a glimpse at the wisdom of Saint Augustine. Though he gave us a great wealth of theological insights, below are several that seem to particularly apply to our world today.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | John (Jack), the younger brother, has been selected for one of the roles while his older brother Henry (Harry) attends his younger brother’s debut as an actor. However, more than one drama is occurring on the stage that night.

by John Clark | In the early 1970’s, abortion advocates asked: How could you assign the word “human” to a blob of tissue that has no recognizable human parts like a heart, lungs, or liver?

by Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian | All good parents are teachers, and all good teachers have the virtues of good parents. in 'Little Men', the founders of Plumfield Academy, Father and Mother Bhaer incorporate all the virtues of family life into their school and govern with both motherly love and fatherly discipline.

by John Clark | If you’re like me, you’ve come across some newspaper articles defending Planned Parenthood against the recent allegations of misdeeds.

by John Clark | If you need a little motivation to begin another academic year, here are my five W’s of homeschooling.

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In George Macdonald’s children’s classic of fantasy literature' 'At the Back of the North Wind', Diamond travels to the back of the North Wind where he receives heavenly glimpses of a beautiful, pure world of abounding joy, laughter, and mirth.

by John Clark | Twenty years ago, with the issuance of Evangelium Vitae, Pope Saint John Paul II observed that there exists a "struggle between the 'culture of life' and the 'culture of death.' "

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Cordelia, however, cannot lower herself to pretend, dissemble, or exaggerate. Her simple answer to her father’s request for a proof of love is the simple, eloquent, honest truth:

by Dave Armstrong | The relation to same-sex “marriage” has to do with the fundamental purposes of things, and what is natural as opposed to unnatural.

by John Clark | Our first journey as a family centered on the Gospel, and served as a reminder that all our journeys as a family must center on the Gospel.

by John Clark | Because we sometimes consider the relationship between holiness and happiness to be contradictory, we condition ourselves to think that holiness is something that happens afterward...

by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | Don Quixote one day feels inspired to emulate the knights of old and restore the ideals of chivalry, honor, truth, courtesy, and service that his own age has relegated to the past.

by Eric Harrah | I think sometimes God has a rather twisted sense of humor. Take the role of Dad. According to the Catholic Church, the father is meant to...

By John Clark | Let’s begin with what Christians and Atheists can perhaps agree on — the subject of happiness. First, man desires happiness...