The Joseph Option

09/03/2024

23/02/2024

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21/02/2024

Sometimes your children just need you to enter into their pain with them and hear that you still love them.

19/02/2024

“To be a liturgist, one must have died, be dead, and be constantly dying to this world. The eschatological liturgy that will save the world comes to the world from without, because nothing within this dead world can give the Body of Christ its life.”

The Liturgical Cosmos by David Fagerberg

15/02/2024

The Bible is clear that Christians are expected to fast… but why? What does it actually do for us?

“Dada, why do you use weights?” my daughter asked me one morning as I was working out in the garage. I paused for a moment and said, “this is going to sound weird, but in order to get stronger, you have to be willing to make yourself weaker.” 

14/02/2024

“Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.”
‭‭Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NRSV

08/02/2024

If I am a Christian, am I actually expected to fast? If so, why?

Lent is upon us. With Ash Wednesday coming next week, (happy Valentine’s Day) I thought it would be helpful to reflect on why Christians practice fasting. To do this, let’s go back to the beginning. 

31/01/2024

What is one thing your father did well raising you? Have you thanked him for that? Let us know!

29/01/2024

“Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and do not reject your mother's teaching;”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬

A guide is one who has sufficient knowledge and experience to lead another down a given path. If you are a father, then you are the de facto guide in the lives of your children. This can be a harrowing thought. Here are a few tips for doing this well. 

28/01/2024

Beauty is the apex of an invisible pyramid of virtues. Beauty is at the summit of obedience. Beauty is grounded in obedience to natural and divine law. Beauty is a flower on a stock of living habits, habits which cannot be seen, but which are necessary for beauty to exist. Beauty is not as free as the fire; it comes from obedience to limits laid down by God. And beauty can be more permanent than the flying spark of pleasure, soon to extinguish. Something is beautiful when it is true, and good: untruth can never be beautiful, and wickedness can never be beautiful.

-David Fagerberg

27/01/2024

Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.

-- St. Teresa of Avila

22/01/2024

Joseph and Herod are more than historical figures. In many ways they are present realities.

2000 years later, it can seem almost pedestrian to hear the story of the coming of the messiah. Christianity is, at the moment, the largest religion in the world with over 2 billion adherents. It can be easy to forget that there was a time when this news was brand new. I want to take some time to ex...

21/01/2024

Your children don’t need “everything”. They need you.

15/01/2024

Silence can be uncomfortable. In a world of endless noise and distraction, silence forces us to look at what’s really going on under the surface. It is vital for growth in the spiritual life. Where do you go to find silence?

“All of humanity's problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

Blaise Pascal

13/01/2024

Some stats we should pay attention to.

According to Fatherhood.org

Children without fathers:
*Are four times more likely to live in poverty.
*Are more likely to suffer emotional and behavioral problems.
*Have higher levels of aggressive behavior than children born into married homes.
*Have two times the risk of infant mortality.
*Are more likely to go to prison. Only one in five prison inmates grew up with their father present.
*Are twice as likely to be involved in early sexual activity.

National Fatherhood Initiative creates a world in which every child has a 24/7 Dad. Find tools to help your organization better serve fathers.

12/01/2024

What can we learn from the home Jesus grew up in?

“Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judah in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee. There he made his home in ...