September 2024 - Natural Family Planning | Fertility Awareness

Teaching NFP, Sharing Life Experience

“Like all great love stories, we met at a bar,” chuckles Dr. Paul Lobitz about meeting his wife, Sarah. Today, the Colorado couple have seven kids and teach NFP— but it’s been a long journey. Along the way, the bumps have included unplanned pregnancies, periods of animosity, and a conversion that transformed their plan of…

The Lifecycle of One CCL Volunteer

Karen and I began teaching as volunteers for CCL in 1985; we did our first series with a nursing infant in our arms. She was conceived less than a year earlier between class 3 & 4 when as students we figured we had the ‘NFP for avoiding’ thing figured out and wanted to test ‘NFP…

A Reluctant Podcaster

At times we are asked to do things that we know are out of our comfort zone. We know it will stretch us a bit. That was the case for me when asked to host the new PeakDay Podcast for Couple to Couple League. I am solidly a behind-the-scenes kind of person. Researching guests, developing…

Into the Deep

‘After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Simon said in reply, “Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets.” When they had done this, they caught a great…

Creating New Pathways

I remember when I saw that 0.4°F rise in temperature on my first chart. Suddenly, Humanae Vitae became very personal. It applied to me. It applied to us. Also, it communicated that I was wonderfully made—according to God’s design. My husband and I were part of a bigger design. Wow. That personal experience – although…

5 NFP Myths Debunked

If you’ve spent more than 10 minutes on social media, Reddit, Youtube or Google, you’ve probably gotten the sense that everyone’s an expert on everything, but no one seems to actually know what they’re talking about. As the Information Age makes myths easier to spread, it’s all the more important that we take the time…