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Reflections on everyday daddy stuff
Posted on November 30, 2015 by Leo
Happy New Year! In the Church, Advent commences the Christian New Year. Advent is the season that most retailers miss between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Advent is a preparation in anticipation for the coming of Jesus. Most people focus on Jesus coming during Christmas, but… Continue Reading “Advent: 4 Ways to Become a Better Man & Father this Season.”
Category: Advent, being a man, best self, Catholic, christianity, christmas, fatherhood, fully alive, God, home and family, Jesus, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Advent, being a man, best self, catholic, Christianity, christmas, dying to self, Fatherhood, God, jesus, religion, second coming
Posted on March 5, 2014 by Leo
Today is the beginning of Lent and in the Catholic Church it begins with going to Mass and having ash put on your forehead with the following words said, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”. It is kind of… Continue Reading “Dust”
Category: best self, cleansing, dying to self, fatherhood, God, home and family, Parenting, surrenderingTags: Catholic Church, death, Fatherhood, God, lent, sacrifice
Posted on March 1, 2014 by Leo
One of the more challenging things I do with Claire is trimming her finger and toenails. I remember the first time I did it. It was traumatic—for me. I had the clippers out and was able to get a few fingernails in a half… Continue Reading “Nails”
Category: children, dying to self, fatherhood, God, Parenting, surrenderingTags: babies, Children, Fatherhood, parenting, surrendering
Posted on January 15, 2014 by Leo
There are moments like today where I miss the calm, ordered, predictable life I once had. I had an apartment that was clean. Everything was placed in a particular way that made logical sense. I got up at a certain time. Went to sleep… Continue Reading “The Old Days”
Category: best self, complacency, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, home and family, manhood, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: best self, comfort, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, Home and Family
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Leo
We have a serious problem with manhood in our society. I recently gave a talk to 8th grade boys on this topic and when I asked them to raise their hand and tell me if they understood what it meant to be a man,… Continue Reading “Live, Fight, Die”
Category: adventure, battle, best self, dying to self, fatherhood, fathers, fighting, living, manhood, Parenting, surrendering, Uncategorized, video gamesTags: battle, Dragon, dying to self, Elder Scrolls V Skyrim, Fatherhood, fighting, living, manhood, Video game
Posted on October 31, 2013 by Leo
So complacency has led us to not live our lives to the full. Complacency has in many ways stolen our ability to see what this fullness even looks like. Worse of all, complacency has stolen our heart—the one thing we need to be fully… Continue Reading “Fully Alive: Part II – Waking the Dead”
Category: best self, complacency, fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, God, holiness, living, Parenting, surrendering, UncategorizedTags: Contentment, dying to self, Fatherhood, fathers, fully alive, glory, glory of god, God, Human, love, Marriage, parenting, Warm Bodies, Zombie, Zombie comedy
Posted on October 2, 2013 by Leo
I was talking to a friend the other day about trying to get things done when I have Claire with me and how impossible this seems. I shared that the Saturdays when my wife is working and I am home alone I can’t mow,… Continue Reading “Time-free-carelessness”
Category: dying to self, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, God, Parenting, patience, surrenderingTags: being, enjoying the moment, Matthew Kelly, relaxing
Posted on September 10, 2013 by Leo
Before getting married I thought I was a pretty selfless person. When I got married I thought I needed to be a little less selfish. When we had Claire I came to the realization of the full extent of my selfishness. It was real,… Continue Reading “Holding on to you, dear life”
Category: dying to self, fatherhood, Parenting, selfishness, surrendering, youth ministryTags: dying to self, Fatherhood, God, parenting, Selfishness
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