The Father’s Role

John Clark's simple advice is chicken soup for many of our weary, fear-ridden hearts. Find out why you shouldn't be afraid when things seem hell bound.

John Clark thinks he's being played by a great pumpkin controversy: there's no reason for it to be in coffee and cheesecake soup. Or is there?

Let's get some common sense going with John Clark over this Starbucks Red Cup 'controversy', because nobody's taking it seriously.

When my oldest son, Athanasius, was 11 years old, I took him to a baseball camp run by Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken. As we parents excitedly watched our children with visions ...

Over the years, our family has grown to enjoy various cooking shows on television. As a family who normally eats food that might rank a few notches under “gourmet,” it’s fun ...

by John Clark | Both men had something to say about the subject of humility, and it was not what I might have expected.

by John Clark | Some 14 Family Activities to Try: Think you won’t be a better person when you’re done? We need to spend more time with our kids. Some simple family activities could be;

During some downtime icing his damaged ribs, John Clark spends more time with the kids. He relearned & reinforced several critical points on homeschooling.

by John Clark | 'The Screwtape Letters' provides an apologetic for homeschooling, and how homeschooling is a powerful response to many of these demonic tactics...

With the events surrounding the same-sex marriage licensing controversy in Kentucky, one of the things that has struck me is how dismissive the political class has been on the issue. ...

Years ago, someone popularized the idea of dad taking his child to work for a day.

by John Clark | Since today is his feast day, it seems appropriate to take a glimpse at the wisdom of Saint Augustine. Though he gave us a great wealth of theological insights, below are several that seem to particularly apply to our world today.

by John Clark | In the early 1970’s, abortion advocates asked: How could you assign the word “human” to a blob of tissue that has no recognizable human parts like a heart, lungs, or liver?

by John Clark | If you’re like me, you’ve come across some newspaper articles defending Planned Parenthood against the recent allegations of misdeeds.

by John Clark | If you need a little motivation to begin another academic year, here are my five W’s of homeschooling.

by John Clark | Twenty years ago, with the issuance of Evangelium Vitae, Pope Saint John Paul II observed that there exists a "struggle between the 'culture of life' and the 'culture of death.' "

by John Clark | Our first journey as a family centered on the Gospel, and served as a reminder that all our journeys as a family must center on the Gospel.

by John Clark | Because we sometimes consider the relationship between holiness and happiness to be contradictory, we condition ourselves to think that holiness is something that happens afterward...

By John Clark | Let’s begin with what Christians and Atheists can perhaps agree on — the subject of happiness. First, man desires happiness...

by John Clark | As we Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, here are Catholics statements on these inalienable...