A refreshing and hopeful trend is sweeping the US as fathers prepare their daughters to embrace a pure and chaste lifestyle – contrary to the promiscuous and permissive culture the was ushered by the sexual revolution. This change is so wholesome because it cures, nay prevents many of the ills present in society today that has led to infidelities, teenage pregnancies, broken marriages and abortions.[...]

Are you more like and HP or Sony laptop?
Laptops break – particularly the hard drive. When they do, you can either take it to Best Buy and pay $100+ for labor to have it replaced or do it yourself. I was successful with my HP Pavilion but not with my wife’s Sony Vaio.[...]

Rick uses a computer problem to talk about sin and repentance.

There are 2 problems. First, the system got corrupted so that it needed to boot using the backup disks and to recopy a file. Second, the CD drive is stuck. [...]

Death can remind us of what is important as fathers.

I can’t get a skull from the unclaimed bodies at the morgue so, I bought myself an urn.

I look at it every morning to remind myself that the cold box cannot hug my children. It cannot say to them, “How proud you made me feel.” The box cannot put clothes in the washer to give my wife a hand or give her a little slap at the fanny to let her know how sexy she is to me. [...]

Rick discusses guiding his 10 year old son through middle school, particularly regarding purity of heart. The sacrificial decision to send his son to Catholic school is also discussed.

Ten years ago, I carried him with one arm and anticipated his first word. Ten years from now, I’ll probably drop him off in college and help him lug his crate to his dorm. And then it’ll be practically over. Except for Thanksgiving and Christmas, he’ll be out there on his own with his life and whatever I’ve done to shape it.[...]

Every year, my wife takes the kids away for 2 weeks to her sister’s camp. And every year, I face the same demon named porn who tempts me to masturbation.  I met “this guy” back in high-school and I almost went blind. But when I entered the seminary in college, I was able to control [...]

During these tough economic times, I’d like to share the Filipino secret to coping. The Philippines is like Haiti in the East.  But despite widespread poverty, Filipinos have the lowest suicide rate in Asia.  Japan, the wealthiest, has the highest.  How do Filipinos face their hard lives daily without sinking to despair?  Is it with [...]

Machismo is defined as a strong or exaggerated sense of masculinity stressing attributes such as physical courage, virility, domination of women, and aggressiveness.  It is downplayed as cultural and even backwards.  But it appears to be deeply planted in nature – genetic even.  Does it have a place in bringing up boys who are followers [...]

I was taken for a heart procedure last week and brought back a few lessons that may be helpful to you. Before the procedure, I was asked if I had a living will or end of life directive.  I didn’t and my wife doesn’t know if I want to fight on or have the plug yanked [...]

From psychology I learned that women need to be loved as men need to be trusted.  It’s just how the sexes respond to affirmation.  So I keep this in mind and drop casual and subtle messages of appreciation to my wife every now and then.  Like when we went for buffet tonight, I saw some [...]