What does a dad "do" during the birth of his child? I went to St. Joseph for help.

In 'Seeing With the Heart,' Kevin O'Brien, S.J., provides a reflective pause to holistically look at our lives, with all of their twists and turns of grace and challenge, and consider how we are living in relationship to ourselves, others and the divine.

In 'Renewing Theology,' J. Matthew Ashley argues that when brought into dynamic relation with spirituality (and vice versa), the work of theology is deeply relevant to our lives and is vital at every level of following Christ. It becomes part and parcel of a “way of life”—the life of faith.

By letting others in, we enable them to do the work of God.

All you can do is what you can do and then the Holy Spirit has to take over.

New models of parenting can expand our imagination about this important work.