Thursday, March 20th, 2014 | By Lisa Schmidt 
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An ancient history professor went to the hospital to be with his wife as she gave birth to their first child. While the baby was born, the professor’s expression never changed. The child was put in the arms of his mother. Still the professor’s countenance never changed. The family moved from the delivery room to the post delivery room. Still the man’s face didn’t change; it remained bland. A nurse noticed this and asked him to go into the hall while they examined the baby. In the hall she asked the professor, thoughtfully, “What name will you give the baby?” He replied, “Theophilus.” . . . → Read More: The Das Schmidt Haus Baby Name Game
Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 | By Lisa Schmidt 
Highlights of a Lenten blog series we’ve got cooking here at Das Schmidt Haus called Soup & Stories. . . . → Read More: Soup and Stories: 40 Days, 40 Bowls of Soup
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014 | By Lisa Schmidt 
** Disclaimer: Some details may or may not have been exaggerated in the retelling of this story. ** I know I’m not the only one going a bit stir crazy and itching for the first glimpse of spring. I hear people talking about “this crazy winter” nearly everywhere I go. Has it been colder or snowier than normal this winter where you live? It sure feels that way here in Iowa. Because it’s been so cold here, getting out, even to go deposit a check at the bank, requires bundling up kids like this: . . . → Read More: How McDonald’s Shakes are Bad for Dogs
Sunday, February 9th, 2014 | By Lisa Schmidt 
Since it’s been months since I’ve shared a {pretty, happy, funny, real} post and the photos are piling up in iPhoto, another round of {phfr} hosted by Like Mother, Like Daughter seems in order. The link-up closes in 12 hours, 52 minutes, so let’s get going! . . . → Read More: Snow, Sisters, Surrender, and a Second Birthday
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 | By Lisa Schmidt 
Today, Time Magazine named Pope Francis their 2013 Person of the Year. Also today, the little inhabitants of Das Schmidt Haus name their daddy the 2013 Man of the Year. . . . → Read More: The Das Schmidt Haus Man of the Year
Friday, November 8th, 2013 | By Lisa Schmidt 
I originally set out for this post to be a birth story of sorts. But the would-be narrative about a most blessed and holy event is simply not going to happen here and now. I guess I’m running with C.S. Lewis’s advice here: “Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.” Right on, chief, right on. This little babe has brought new hope and true healing to our family — hope and healing I didn’t even know we (read, I) needed. So I’m not even attempting here and now to put words to all this spiritual goodness percolating within me. I’m simply trying to live, learn, soak it up, and hopefully continuing to grow into the mom God is calling me to become … the mom I want to become, too. So for now, enjoy some photos of Lydia’s first hours of life — {pretty, happy, funny, real} style. . . . → Read More: Welcome to the World, Lydia Ann!
Sunday, October 27th, 2013 | By Joel & Lisa Schmidt 
A day of holy distractions for us here at Das Schmidt Haus! Meet the newest edition to our family, Lydia Ann, and head on over to CatholicStand.com to read our latest post titled Holy Distraction: The Case for Sacred Art & Architecture. . . . → Read More: A Day of Holy Distractions
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 | By Lisa Schmidt 
Several have stopped by our digital space looking for a labor and delivery progress update, and we apologize for going AWOL. For now, an update … sort of. God’s orchestra is still playing this concerto in a minor key. Stay tuned for the final resolution. . . . → Read More: An Anniversary, A Past Due Date, Decisions and a Plethora of Emotions
Monday, September 9th, 2013 | By Lisa Schmidt 
While cleaning my home office recently, I found a stack of papers I brought home with me after retiring from the workforce. Before pitching, I thumbed through them and had a great chuckle at one piece hidden away in that mess. It was a flyer titled “How to Stay Stressed” and it satirically proposed that we humans must really enjoy constantly feeling at our wit’s end because we are really good at inviting stress into our homes. The “self-help” flyer’s author was even so kind to offer strategies for how to stay crazy stressed out. It provided a much-needed laugh because, you see, I’ve done a fine, yes a very fine, job of welcoming stress into Das Schmidt Haus the past month. So I got to thinking about how I could stay stressed out as our family continues to dig in and pull up our homeschooling boot straps. In the event you, too, are looking for tips and strategies for how to lose your marbles, here are a few suggestions. . . . → Read More: 10 Ways to Stress Out During First Month of Homeschooling
Saturday, August 24th, 2013 | By Lisa Schmidt 
It’s been an interesting week here at Das Schmidt Haus. As I reflected late last night, I keep ruminating on a phrase from sacred Scripture — a couple of words Peter said after Jesus took him, James, and John up the high mountain: Lord, it is good that we are here. Hornets, homeschooling cheers and fears, an interesting recipe that appeared in our mailbox, an invite to be interviewed on Sirius/XM, and whiskey tasting — all part of this week’s Quick Takes. . . . → Read More: Lord, it is good that we are here
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