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October 2016

October 04, 2016

Secular Media Finally Admits: “The Pill” Causes Depression & Relationship Problems

Despite a new Pew survey reporting that only 4% of Americans and 13% of weekly...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Promoting NFP Just Means Catholics Don’t Believe in Being Stupid–Period.

<Sigh> The author of this piece (arguing against universal NFP training in marriage prep) is...

July 08, 2015

Dr. Strangelove (OR) How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Natural Family Planning. (Part III in a Series)

This is the third post in my series titled, The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Don’t Think NFP is Effective? Advertisers KNOW It Is–“Bio-Marketing” Can Remotely Monitor Fertility Data to Increase Sales

This blew my mind--and not in a good way. "In the creepy brave new world...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

CNN (!?!) Loves NFP

This article isn't perfect, but the fact that its as good as it is and...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

The Real Problem with NFP–A Continuing Conversation..

If you enjoyed my post from yesterday, "There's No Such Thing as NFP" you'll appreciate...

July 22, 2014

There is No Such Thing as Natural Family Planning

The USCCB has proclaimed July 20-26 National NFP Awareness Week. This is one of a...

July 21, 2014

Ad Contra Providentialists–Natural Family Planning Awareness Week

It's NFP Awareness Week according to the USCCB and several Patheos bloggers are taking a...

October 2013

October 08, 2013

Speaking of NFP, The Atlantic Discovers Something Faithful Catholics Have Known All Along

There was a terrific article in The Atlantic last week on the growing awareness and promotion...

October 08, 2013

Real Catholic Love and Sex Takes on the Ultra-Traditionalists on NFP So I Don’t Have To

Really good piece over at Real Catholic Love and Sex on the struggle of ultra-traditionalists...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

So, Natural Family Planning is Based on SCIENCE!?! OMG!

Frank Weathers points us to the website RealClearScience in which a science-geek is shocked to...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

Natural Family Planning and the Dignity of Women

(Here's an advanced look at my next Family Foundations column). The dignity of women is...

May 02, 2013

The Pill Makes You Hate Sex and Want to Leave Your Milquetoast Man.

New research by the Royal Society says that women taking oral contraceptives, "scored lower on...

April 2013

April 12, 2013

How Big SHOULD Your Family Be?

How do you know how big your family should be? How do you know what...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

Manning Up Through NFP

Here's a sneak peak at an article I have in the upcoming edition of Family...

March 06, 2013

When NFP is Too Hard–Sexual Frustration and the Catholic Couple

Over at CatholicVote, Tom Hoopes posted a very funny and, frankly, brave piece about the...