Grace to Cultivate Kindness

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Friday, April 23, 2010

Think: “Devout people are, as a class, the least kind of all classes. This is a scandalous thing to say; but the scandal of the fact is so much greater than the scandal of acknowledging it, that I will brave this last, for the sake of a greater good. Religious people are an unkindly lot.

Poor human nature cannot do everything; and kindness is too often left uncultivated, because men do not sufficiently... READ MORE

The Power of a Smile

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Thursday, April 22, 2010

Think: “A smile is one of nature’s best means of making people happy. One of the most delightful factors in a personality is a real heartwarming smile that comes from within. Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, “I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.” If you do not feel like smiling, smile anyway; make yourself smile.”
—Fr. Lovasik

Pray: Blessed Mother, you have been called... READ MORE

Open Your Ears

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Think: “Kind listening is often an act of the most delicate interior mortification, and is a great assistance towards kind speaking. Those who govern others must take care to be kind listeners, or else they will soon offend God, and fall into secret sins.”
—Fr. Frederick William Faber

Pray: Today, Lord, let me really, really listen. Still my lips, but also still my instinct to start talking inside... READ MORE

Forgive and Excuse Others

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Think: “The person who possesses Christian meekness is affectionate and tender towards everyone: he is disposed to forgive and excuse the frailties of others; the goodness of his heart appears in a sweet affability that influences his words and actions, presents every object to his view in the most charitable and pleasing light.”
—St. Francis de Sales

Pray: God, I’m so quick to judge. Please help me... READ MORE

Sweetness of Disposition

Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Faith on Monday, April 19, 2010

Think: “Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. The two men were not likely to be friends. Perhaps each of them regarded the other’s antecedents with somewhat of distrust. They had possibly been set against each other by the circulation of gossip. Or they had been looked upon as rivals, and the success of one was regarded as... READ MORE

Stay Connected to Your College Kid

Features | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Family on Friday, October 02, 2009

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Marybeth Hicks is the author of Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World. I had an opportunity recently to talk with her recently about how to be a good parent to college-aged young adults. (“GEEK” is Marybeth’s acronym for Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered, Kids.)

Raise a Homebody

Clearly, when GEEKS are... READ MORE

Growing Kids Still Need Your Wisdom

Features | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Family on Friday, September 18, 2009

(Read the first part in this series)

Marybeth Hicks is the author of Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World. I had an opportunity recently to talk with her recently about how to be a good parent to college-aged young adults. (“GEEK” is Marybeth’s acronym for Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered, Kids.)

By the time your child goes to college, if you’ve done your... READ MORE

Bringing Up 'Geeks' in College

Features | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Family on Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Marybeth Hicks is the author of Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-Up-Too-Fast World. I had an opportunity recently to talk with her recently about how to be a good parent to college-aged young adults.

“GEEK” is Marybeth’s acronym for Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered, Kids. Her book is crammed full of good advice for raising a child who is in the world but not of the... READ MORE

When Daddy's Away

Features | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Homemaking on Monday, July 20, 2009

When I was a little girl my father was a naval officer and I always said I’d never marry a military man because they traveled too much.

My husband isn’t a naval officer; he’s a television producer who specializes in live remote sporting events. It’s the “remote” that gets us. Until they start playing professional sports in my backyard, he’s going to travel to support his family.

We’ve been at this... READ MORE

Simplify Your Domestic Church

Features | Posted by Elizabeth Foss in Homemaking on Monday, July 06, 2009

There is something about the lazy, hazy days of July that inspire some of us to purge, paint, and putter in our homes. Perhaps it is the heat outside and the light pouring through the windows. Perhaps it is the looming chaos we sense will be inevitable when a new school year begins. Regardless of its genesis, the summer home beautification project has begun in earnest.

Abby Sasscer, author of Simplifying Your Domestic Church... READ MORE

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