John Clark is confident that he will walk in his father’s footsteps all the way to the house built for him in heaven. And he knows just how to find it.
Read More »Fostering the Spiritual Health of Our Children
How can we fathers foster a healthy interior life for our children? John Clark offers that we must encourage our children to have a conversation with God.
Read More »Saint Joseph – Faithful Protector, Provider, and Father
In times of trial look to Saint Joseph, his example shows us how to trust in God particularly when the paths of our lives do not turn out as we would wish.
Read More »Playing with Power – The Secret to Raising Strong Daughters
John Clark on why playing games with our daughters on the living room floor can yield greater results than meeting with a bevy of executives in a boardroom.
Read More »Message to Seton Graduates – Make Politics Lofty Again
In Dr. Mary Kay Clark's "Make A Difference" speech, Seton's 2017 graduates are called to make politics lofty again, promoting truth and the right to life.
Read More »Why Dads are Champions of Homeschooling
Mary Donellan offers a heartfelt tribute to homeschooling dads, and reminds us to honor these unsung heroes in a special way this Father’s Day.
Read More »Why You’re Actually a Great Homeschooling Dad
Dads play a vital role in homeschooling, even when they can't contribute much. Christine Smitha shows how dad's support is as vital as the teaching itself.
Read More »When Dads Teach – Confessions of a Homeschooling Father
Becoming a full time homeschooling father this year taught John Clark that they don’t get near enough thanks, or even, recognition. He wants to change that.
Read More »Dads: Irreplaceable Heroes of Homeschooling
by Christine Smitha | Out there, Dads seem to have acquired rather a poor reputation. They’re inadequate, bumbling, and terribly prone to mistakes.
Read More »Why Grownups Don’t Get Stickers for Good Behavior
by John Clark | I went to school for the first five years of my academic life. During that time, if memory serves (and it decreasingly serves), I received many stickers on my papers. Somehow—and no one really knows why—stickers have become part of the primary academic life in America; they somehow signify achievement.
Read More »‘Immortal Love’: How Men Express It… or Try
Every St. Valentine’s Day leaves men at a loss for telling their girlfriends or wives how much they love them. Very often, whether a dozen red roses, a box of chocolates, or a hand-written poem, nothing seems to suffice. If you homeschool husbands find yourself in this predicament, don’t feel too bad. We’ve all been there.
Read More »Growing Up and Growing Old: They Happen Too Quickly
Clichés tend to become clichés for their accuracy. “Life goes too fast” is one. A few weeks ago, a longtime family friend of ours visited us with her nine-month-old daughter.
Read More »Thank You Cards: Keeping it Grateful
When a person complains, his creative abilities break free. But it’s also proof to me that we fallen humans don’t commend people well; we don’t thank them enough; and we pat each other on the back far too little.
Read More »Bad Boys Gone Good
A recent Seton graduate informed us that he had chosen Moses for his Confirmation patron. No, not THAT Moses! There was, in fact, another Moses from the same Egyptian locality who was as colorful a character as the great Patriarch. August 28th could well be termed the feast day for bad boys gone good...
Read More »The Father’s Role
As a home-schooling father of eight children, I have been asked to do a regular column on Catholic fatherhood in this newsletter, and specifically, Catholic fatherhood in the home schooling ...
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