Baby Stage, Family

Surviving the Exhausted Days: How to Be a Mom with Almost No Sleep (Part 1)

Part 1: Nighttime Solutions When You Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep With a Baby  Just when you think that your baby has this sleep thing down, maybe even reaching five or six hours straight of sleep, it happens. You’re up to the-world-is-ending cries every one to two hours, and you start to feel like you’ll never …

ByzCatholic

What Are Our Rites: An Introduction to Byzantine Catholicism

If you’re like me, you probably grew up hearing very little or even nothing about the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church. Maybe you’ve heard something about there being married Catholic priests, or lots of incense at a daily liturgy. Maybe you found my blog because you were looking for more information. Well you’ve come …

Christian Living, Family

The Beauty of Christian Living: Why ‘The Way’ is the Best Way

In today’s culture, Christian living is often viewed as unappealing, unfashionable, and out of date. Yet, Christian living is none of these things. To twist a Fulton Sheen quote “There aren’t more than 100 people in this world who hate Christian living for what it is, but millions who hate it for what it isn’t.” …

What I Love about Roman Catholicism
ByzCatholic, Riteology

7 Things to Love about Roman Catholicism

With the amazing beauty of living a Byzantine life, it is only to easy to dismiss the rich traditions of Roman Catholicism. To be honest, it was harder to make this weeks list, compared to last weeks [7 Things to Love About Byzantine Catholicism]. However, there still are many things that I appreciate about Roman …

ByzCatholic

9 Ways to be Intentional about Celebrating the Easter Season

Christ is Risen! Easter Sunday (Pascha) is easily one of the biggest celebrations of the year. With time at church, a big family meal, and Easter egg hunts, our children catch on that the Sunday is important. But how to we continue to keep an Easter mind frame for the rest of the season? Celebrate …

ByzCast, ByzCatholic

The Orthodachs Show -Ep. 1

So it begins… [Note: While there are no expletives or graphic language in this podcast, some of the topics covered include mature themes and may not be suitable for younger audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.] In this episode BadgerDad makes his first attempt to enter into the competitive fray of Interweb podcasting.  News items covered …