I am happy to share this article of mine, published in First Things, the November print edition, and HERE online.
“Reclaiming the Household”
Working by Hand: Reconnecting with Our Humanity
“In all manual work we find the primal phenomenon of culture that is human but close to nature.” “The sphere in which we live is becoming more and more artificial, less and less human,” Romano Guardini, Letters from Lake Como We have lost something today, but we can...
Cherishing Your Spouse in Your Children
“Goodbye Aeneas. Cherish our love in the son it gave us.” Virgil, The Aeneid This stunningly powerful goodbye between spouses says so much. A son, it says, was ‘given’ to a couple by the love they bore one another. Love between spouses is already itself a gift. That...
Is Love Irrational?
“And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays. The more the pity that some honest neighbors will not make them friends.” Shakespeare (Bottom, in A Midsummer Night’s Dream) Lovers can be notoriously irrational. But is true love...
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John, thank you for your continued insights into the nature of household. They provide a helpful orientation toward what is true, and, simultaneously, practical. I look forward to each Wednesday morning to see what you have waiting for us.
Anthony, I am honored and very pleased to be tilling the row alongside you. Thanks for these words.
I believe our strong household has been the key to the success of our family.
My husband and I own a business together. The majority of our work can be done from home. My husband is away to teach classes only 2 days/week for about 4 hours.
We workout together at home (often with our daughter).
We homeschool our daughter.
We travel as a family for work.
We go to doctors’ and dentist’s appointments as a family. We go to the bank as a family. We are very rarely not together and we enjoy our times together so much.