Just Cause

13Jul10

A contentious topic that seems to re-emerge in NFP discussions in cycles is the necessity of using NFP and how to tell if you have “just cause” to use NFP to postpone child-rearing.  Contrary to popular belief (at least the circles I run in), the Catholic Church does not want you to have as many [...]

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Not cursed!

12Jul10

Just in case you were wondering, I came across a nice little verse in the Bible the other day that helped confirm what I was wondering the other week, that no, us subfertile/infertile women are not cursed.  I know I’m not a Biblical scholar, but this verse was enough for me.  It was from the [...]

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Couldn’t have said it better

30Jun10

If you guys don’t read That Married Couple, you really should!  Elizabeth’s over there posting on a lot of interesting topics (from leaving the bathroom door open to apologetics!), but I was really impressed by her post today on Onan’s sin. Its commonly known (at least in the Catholic world) that all Christians were formally, [...]

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What’s in a blessing?

03Jun10

I’ve been struggling trying to figure out the answer to this question for a while.  I think its probably a basic question that most non-religious people grapple with religion and maybe I’m just dense right now, but I can’t seem to find an answer that satisfies.  Particularly as it relates to having children. What makes [...]

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Resume of the first Pope

21Apr10

Our Church bulletin had this interesting piece in it this past week that described what Peter’s, the first Pope, resume would have looked like if he had tried to “apply” for the job.  Of course, there never was an application, as he was hand-picked by Christ to lead us, so this is pretty comical.  It [...]

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Defense against Islam – What I learned from my international office mates

11Jan10

Of all the things I talk about with my office mates, research, cultural traditions, English idioms, Communism, the one-child policy, and the proper pronunciation of the letter “v”, probably the most interesting topic of conversation is religion. Besides the one other (American) Catholic office mate, the others are all undeclared, Buddhist variants, or atheists, but [...]

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Hot off the presses!

23Nov09

In case anyone is looking for some good reading materials, the USCCB just published the newest pastoral letter on Marriage and Family Life.  Seriously this thing is like a week old.   I haven’t had a chance to read it all yet but it looks like a good resource thus far! Just thought I’d pass [...]

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Community at its finest hour

03Nov09

My husband is someone who prides himself on knowing everything about the area he lives in.  His special talent is high school trivia and one of the first questions he’ll ask you is what high school you went to.  The man knows every high school in Los Angeles.  He’ll ask not in an elitist way [...]

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Thank you, Phoenix!

08Oct09

I saw this video this morning at one of my favorite blogs and I wanted to re-post it here since a line in it really connected with everything I have been writing about for the past couple of days! In my last few posts, I was really just trying to focus on the concept of [...]

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A Journey of Faith: Part 2

07Oct09

Continued from yesterday. Flash forward several years and I’m not even considering myself a “religious” person anymore.  I was actually against “organized religion” (because everyone who knew anything knows how many wars have been fought and people have been killed over “pointless religious arguments”) and was one step away from considering myself atheist.  I never [...]

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