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Happy All the Things! Here’s to Joy-Filled Ordinary Times

January 13, 2019 by Lisa Schmidt Leave a Comment

Given we re-enter Ordinary Time tomorrow, Monday, January 14, I guess I haven’t quite missed the boat on sending you Christmas greetings from Das Schmidt Haus. So let’s get it all out in the open now. Merry Christmas, Happy 2019, a blessed Epiphany, and a spirited Baptism of the Lord to you! I pray your … [Read more…]

Posted in: Deacon's Wife, Family, Schmidt, Lisa, Speaking Tagged: 5-minute Reflection, Das Schmidt Haus, Lisa Schmidt

Dogs and Holy Leisure

October 4, 2018 by Lisa Schmidt 1 Comment

On this Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron of animals, a quick post recollecting on how a dog ushered a bit of holy leisure into our lives.

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Das Schmidt Haus, Dog, Holy Leisure, Sophie, St. Francis of Assisi

Keeping First Things First: Conducting a Time Audit

July 27, 2018 by Lisa Schmidt 1 Comment

In Sonja Corbitt’s fantastic book Fearless: Conquer Your Demons and Love with Abandon (go get it!) she writes, “I’m no prophet but I have learned through discerning patterns that, when I see or hear something two or more times, I can be sure God is at work somehow. I know to pay attention to what happens next … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pray Work Rest & Play, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Time Audit

Come away and rest a while

July 22, 2018 by Lisa Schmidt 3 Comments

It’s been almost two years since Joel or I have shared any new content on this site. Wow, two years? I really didn’t think it had been that long. It’s not like we set about to intentionally take a break. It just organically happened. In hindsight, necessarily happened. As Jesus says in the Gospel of Mark 6:31: Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.

Posted in: Being Deacon, Family, Pregnancy and Infant Loss, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Conception Abbey, Das Schmidt Haus, Deacon Joel, Home Improvements, John Kolbe, Lisa Schmidt, Not Homeschooling, St. Pius X, The Water Jar, The Well

So How is Catholic School Treating Your Family?

February 2, 2016 by Lisa Schmidt 5 Comments

So how is Catholic school treating your family? That’s the question Joel and I have received a lot since enrolling our oldest child in Catholic school and not homeschooling this year. Given it’s National Catholic Schools Week, the time seemed right to offer a response to that FAQ.

Posted in: Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Catholic Education, Catholic Schools, Catholic Schools Week, children education, Discernment, Holy Leisure, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling, St. Benedict

The Right Heart: Restoring Our Fertility to God

January 5, 2016 by Lisa Schmidt 2 Comments

Ever say YES! enthusiastically to something and then wonder, “What made me think I ought to agree to that request?!” When the lovely Southern Belle Mrs. Erin Franco came knocking on my door, asking me to chat on The Right Heart podcast, I eagerly accepted her invitation. I didn’t think twice, even though we hadn’t yet decided … [Read more…]

Posted in: Natural Family Planning, Schmidt, Lisa, Speaking Tagged: Marriage, Natural Family Planning, Podcast, Speaking

Two New Board Books for the Christmas Book Basket

December 4, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 6 Comments

These two new children’s books published by Ignatius/Magnificat by well-known author/illustrator Maïte Roche make excellent Christmas gifts. (P.S., they’re good for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd atriums, too!)

Posted in: Authors, Family, Fun, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Book Basket, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Children's Books, Christmas, Christmas Books, Ignatius Press, Maite Roche, The Lord's Prayer

Lessons from the Car Line

September 8, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 8 Comments

We’re now a school car line family (yay!). Thanks to the movie Mr. Mom, Lisa’s making connections between car line rules and the Mass.

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Car Line, Catholic School, CatholicMom.com, GIRM, Homeschooling, Liturgy, Mass, Not Homeschooling, Parenting, Rule of St. Benedict

Some of the best parenting advice we’ve received

September 1, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 17 Comments

I woke up around 4:00 AM on August 31, 2008, and I just knew I was going to have a baby that day. Contractions indicated labor was imminent, but not quite immediate. So what does a rational person do in that moment? Of course, go to Panera to enjoy a cup of coffee and a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Lucy, Parenting

Sometimes life takes you down new and unexpected roads

August 24, 2015 by Lisa Schmidt 26 Comments

During my undergrad years, I took class titled Death as a Part of Living. During the first lecture, we took an informal quiz of sorts that had us inventorying life events — a job change, marriage, the birth of a child, a death of a loved one, a move, starting college, etc. The more events a person experienced … [Read more…]

Posted in: Family, Homeschooling, Schmidt, Lisa Tagged: Catholic School, Discernment, Homeschooling, Mary Undoer of Knots, Not Homeschooling
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