Archive for February 2014
Couple Play
Play is not only important for children, it’s important for adults and for couples as well. It helps us to develop vital virtues in our relationship: curiosity, humour, tolerance and resilience. Curiosity is a vital ingredient in keeping our love fresh, vibrant and open to growth. Couples who let themselves believe that they already know…
Read MoreJacob Popcak Cartoons
“Strangely, it doesn’t seem as though Jimmy’s doing well under these conditions.” -Jacob Popcak “The most important skills that children everywhere must learn in order to live happy, productive, moral lives are skills that cannot be taught in school. Such skills cannot be taught at all. They are learned and practised by children in play.…
Read MoreGetting Serious about Play
What are your childhood memories? I immediately think of happy times playing in the garden, building cubbies out of cardboard boxes, climbing trees, inventing adventure games and baking cakes in the sandpit. Research shows that simply playing is key to a child’s cognitive, emotional and social development. According to Professor Gray, a Professor of Psychology…
Read MoreBeing Prolife
Stories of Life “Four weeks into marriage we found out Liesel was pregnant with our first child. I can still remember having that “Oh Crap” feeling & sitting down at the table in our little house thinking “I’m not sure if I am ready for this”, even though I was 30, I still wanted to…
Read MoreSpiritual Guardians
Every person is created with a divine destiny: God created us for eternal union with him. Our earthly life is preparation for this union but all too often, we neglect our spiritual development through busyness and pre-occupation with the things of this world. Sarah was on a mission. Her husband had become ambivalent about attending…
Read MoreAngel Prayers
Angels are effective intercessors for us like the saints in heaven. Get spiritually in touch with the Archangels and guardian angels with these beautiful prayer cards. Download Here St Micheal the Archangel St Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him,…
Read MoreAngel Wings
With many feasts like Christmas and Halloween arriving at the end of the year that feature angels and dressing up as them, we’ve got a simple activity to do with the kids that is both practical, cost effective and kind to the earth. Download Instructions Wire coat hangers x2 Plastic shopping bags x10-15 (white or…
Read MoreAttention: the Currency of Relationships
“Just as dollars are the currency of our economy, attention is the currency of our relationships.” -Dr Justin Coulson For more, check out: Emotional Avaliablity
Read MoreAngels on High
Over the last two decades, Angels have become very popular in New Age spirituality. With TV shows like Supernatural, and films like Constantine and Legion, as well as numerous books, the secular world seems very much enamoured with angels and their not-so-nice counter parts, demons. What is a Catholic to make of all this? What…
Read MoreFive Ways to Love your Man
Men and women experience love in different and complementary ways. However, a woman will generally express love the way she experiences it, not the way her husband does. Most women primarily experience love through gestures of cherishment, while men experience love most powerfully through the medium of respect. Here are five ways you can nail…
Read MoreWhat Dads Do
Father’s Day is nearly here! In Australia it is anyway. For many children – and lots of dads – this is a day of celebration. Homemade cards will reassure fathers that they are the best dad in the world. New socks and ties will be unwrapped, breakfast will be in bed (burnt and/or soggy), and…
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