We are at this magical age where we can play family board games with a fair amount of success.

Father Doyle fields questions about the Rite of Betrothal and praying for Pope Benedict XVI at Mass.

I’m always interested in duplicating a favorite dish at home to save a little money—and also because it’s fun to see what we can create ourselves.

Amid the many influential coaches managing editor Paul McMullen encountered or worked with, Renee Buettner was a favorite.

With snow last weekend and more expected this weekend, we are all in snow mode.

Learning to speak and write clearly is essential to success in all the disciplines that young people are flocking to these days.

I was a senior in high school, and I was failing calculus. I had to be. I hadn’t understood a word the teacher had said for months, and I couldn’t recall passing a single quiz.

Rather than “Thou shalt not” as its battle cry, the church can offer a genuinely positive vision of “the joy of love,” a holistic understanding of sex and intimacy for a society increasingly despairing about both.

Need peace, need to think, need a great prayer spot? Go to a beach! It doesn’t even have to be summer to benefit from the calm it provides. Bring your own bucket and shovel … God will supply the tranquility.

Our younger son was afraid he wouldn’t find a book he wanted to buy. Then he spotted a book on a display and made a beeline for it.