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2015-01-28T11:45:30-05:00

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Autographed books about marriage for Valentine’s Day

Last updated on: January 28, 2015 at 11:45 am By Simcha Fisher

I’m not going to tell you to get your wife a book or two for Valentine’s Day, but IF you are VERY SURE that she would want a book or two for Valentine’s Day, here’s a deal for you: I’m offering … The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning (OSV list price $9.95) and Catholic and Married: Leaning Into Love (OSV list price $14.95) with my chapter, called “Mirrors Around a Flame: The Gift of Children”. This is a new book from... Read more

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2015-01-28T10:16:04-05:00

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Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Pennywhistlers

Last updated on: January 28, 2015 at 10:16 am By Simcha Fisher

Sometimes your day is going so poorly, for no reason at all, that you just need to curl up inside some music that makes you feel like somebody’s baby. Here’s mine: “Dumai, Zlato,” whatever that means, sung by the Pennywhistlers in Bulgarian. We had this LP when I was little, and listened to it incessantly. What’s your bad day music? Read more

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The Pennywhistlers

2015-01-27T14:07:16-05:00

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A Pope Francis headline that would shock me

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 2:07 pm By Simcha Fisher

Pope Francis Refuses to Meet with [ANYBODY]. That would be news. That would be a headline. That’s not gonna happen. No, you can’t imagine Benedict having a private meeting with a transgendered person and fiancee. That’s because Benedict was a different kind of pope, who had a different mission. Francis is doing different good things besides the kind of good things that Benedict did. And if you think that Benedict resigned with the understanding that the conclave would elect a Benedict... Read more

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2015-01-27T12:33:08-05:00

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Badawi flogging case, and Prof. George’s Bargain, remind us of our obligations

Last updated on: January 27, 2015 at 12:33 pm By Simcha Fisher

The offer is a starkly physical one. This is not about political policy or ambassadorial maneuvers. George’s letter clearly reminds us that blood is being shed unjustly. The sacrifice of one body in place of another is an ancient and enduring bargain. This is what Isaac escaped; this is what Jesus Christ endured. This is the offer that we are all called to make for each other, to one degree or another. Read the rest at the Register. Photo courtesy of PEN... Read more

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2015-01-26T13:14:05-05:00

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Due to knuckleheadedness on my part, baby shower is still on!

Last updated on: January 26, 2015 at 1:14 pm By Simcha Fisher

As my previous post demonstrates, we are exactly the kind of people who should be having more children. Luckily for you, we not only are having another girl, but we honestly truly really still haven’t settled on a name yet. The due date is Feb. 26. Luckily for me, Rebecca Frech of Shoved To Them is hosting a vitual baby shower for me, where you can leave your suggestion for a baby name. Yarr, I totally forgot that I was supposed... Read more

2015-01-26T12:35:43-05:00

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O mother, what is it to be a man? Sex ed at the Fishers

Last updated on: January 26, 2015 at 12:35 pm By Simcha Fisher

On the way home from a Scooby Doo birthday party, my punky little daughter suddenly says, “Mama, how do wimmin get preg-a-nent?” She is kid #7, and I honestly can’t remember how much she already knows, so I start vague: “Oh, well, when a man and a woman love each other very much [shut up, that’s a fine way to start this conversation!], one way they show each other that they love each other is they can put their bodies... Read more

2015-01-23T10:27:21-05:00

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Mom, we’re out of salted butt.

Last updated on: January 23, 2015 at 10:27 am By Simcha Fisher

I finally got around to taping a note pad to the refrigerator, so people can let me know when we run out of stuff, and I can buy more. So this is what I get: SALTED butter YES! pencil lead red beans Salted Butler Salted Butt you’re a butt -yes- And here I thought that butt was the one thing we had plenty of. Also worth noting: some of these items are in my husband’s handwriting. Read more

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2015-01-22T13:08:44-05:00

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March for Life, in person or in spirit

Last updated on: January 22, 2015 at 1:08 pm By Simcha Fisher

As massive as the crowds of pro-lifers are at the March for Life, there are even more of us at home, commemorating this dreadful anniversary in various ways. Read the rest at the Register. Image is from a screenshot of Reading Rainbow’s featured book, On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier Read more

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Roe vs. Wade

2015-01-21T14:00:14-05:00

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Supreme Court will not hear confession confidentiality petition

Last updated on: January 21, 2015 at 2:00 pm By Simcha Fisher

By Ib Rasmussen (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Not good: U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Baton Rouge Catholic confession case. Backstory: A young woman is going to testify in a civil suit against the Diocese of Baton Rouge. She says that, when she was a girl, she revealed during confession that a member of the parish (who has since died) was molesting her, and that the priest told her she should hush it up. Every priest who hears something during... Read more

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2015-01-20T14:24:25-05:00

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Raising safe, independent kids

Last updated on: January 20, 2015 at 2:24 pm By Simcha Fisher

It’s good and natural for parents to want to keep their kids safe, but it’s healthy for the entire family to acknowledge that our main job as parents is to prepare kids for the rest of their lives. A kid who has never learned to judge for himself when it’s safe to cross the street is a kid who is unsafe. Read the rest at the Register. Read more

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