Chris McClure was raised Southern Baptist and converted to Catholicism after the birth of his second child. He is an Army veteran and a police investigator. He and his wife, Wendy, live on the outskirts of Northern Virginia with their six children.
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A Year on The Farm: Lessons From a Return to the Land
“Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Mt. 6:33) For several centuries now, there has been an intense “cultivation” of the town and an under-cultivation of the country. …

Plain Living: A Suburban Catholic Family Goes Country
I grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. I had experience living and working and knowing others who lived “the plain life,” as it’s called in those parts. It was a life I left behind a long time ago. I …