From the Family Foundations archives **** "Embrace the cross" is a phrase that will never find its way onto the cover of Cosmopolitan as a means of improving your sex life. And yet, I've found it is the one way that really works. Some couples are dissatisfied with their sexual intimacy; . . . [Continue Reading]
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A reflection on National Watermelon Day
One of my favorite parts of teaching kindergarten was prepping the calendar each month and perusing “silly day” websites for fun holidays to share with the kids. There are entire indexes of these little-known, pseudo-official holidays, and they’re worth a look. Some of my favorites include Speak . . . [Continue Reading]
Tinder-like app for play dates
There is quite a fascination with apps that connect people to meet based on a quick picture and a swipe left or right (yes, we’re talking about those dating apps like Tinder and Bumble). Make no mistake: We don’t condone the hook-up culture often associated with these apps, but it’s not an entirely . . . [Continue Reading]
Perks of being an older mother
“So when will you two be having kids?!” It’s the very well-meaning, but cringe-worthy question that, even if you weren’t the one being directly asked, you felt the pang of awkwardness. Or you may have been on the other side, the one asking the younger couples in your life with the best of . . . [Continue Reading]
Olympic champ and actress open to life!
The Olympics is starting to wind down as we enter the final week and so much emotion and history has happened in such a short amount of time! One interview that caught our eye was with beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings. With three gold medals under her belt, she talked about the credit . . . [Continue Reading]
Dear Pope Francis
I seriously love this! Last month, Loyola Press and Pope Francis published his first children’s book entitled Dear Pope Francis. It’s actually the first children’s book ever published by a pope. Letters for the pope were gathered from children across the globe and 30 were selected to be answered and . . . [Continue Reading]
Doritos commercial “anti-choice”?
On Super Bowl Sunday my family and I gave in to the national ritual of a Super Bowl party, after my dad gave the NFL some credit for getting nearly an entire nation to gather and party for a football game they don’t even necessarily care about (we sure didn’t). But nonetheless, we all went to my . . . [Continue Reading]
Soon-to-be Saint Mother Teresa, teacher and promoter of NFP
Couples who practice natural family planning may soon have a patron saint. On Thursday, the day of his 79th birthday, Pope Francis signed a decree approving a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa. The date for her canonization is speculated to be September 4 of next year. . . . [Continue Reading]
“Verily” refreshing magazine for young women
Our society certainly seems intent on pressing on women the seemingly impossible task of “looking good all the time.” With the glamorization of things like the Victoria’s Secret fashion show and a cultural fascination with celebrities that somehow look like porcelain dolls, it can be difficult being . . . [Continue Reading]
The ABC’s of TOB
When I first became interested in the Theology of the Body, I never thought about how it could relate to toddlers and small children. But as time has passed, and as I watch the changes unfold in our culture related to gender issues and same sex relationships, I see now how important it is becoming . . . [Continue Reading]