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2015-09-08T10:20:55-05:00

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How about post-Cana counseling?

Last updated on: September 8, 2015 at 10:20 am By Simcha Fisher

For many young couples, their main problem is that they simply don’t have any Catholic friends or family, and no one will know what they’re talking about if they are struggling with family planning, or educational choices, or how to maintain a family prayer life. What’s missing is not classes or seminars or programs, but direct human contact with people who understand. Read the rest at the Register. photo credit: Kitty Cat via photopin (license) Read more

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2015-09-05T11:19:21-05:00

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Boys with sticks

Last updated on: September 5, 2015 at 11:19 am By Simcha Fisher

Several years ago, a nice family came over our house. It was partly for a social call, and partly to see if our family would do well as a daycare for their two kids when the mom went back to work. The girl was about four, and the boy was about six. As we adults chatted, the kids explored the house. At the far end of the living room were the toys, including a tidy bucket full of weapons belonging to our sons and... Read more

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2015-09-04T10:27:08-05:00

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What’s for supper? Vol. 3: so much pork

Last updated on: September 4, 2015 at 10:27 am By Simcha Fisher

Yay, it’s Friday! Time for the What’s For Supper? round up, where you can share your inspired, inspiring, dull, or humiliating weekly menu, or pass along recipes, or find recipes, or just complain about food and feeding people and eating in general. Most of us think about food a lot, so why not talk about it here? At the end of this post, you’ll find an InLinkz button, so you can add your post. Feel free to join in in... Read more

2015-09-04T11:02:10-05:00

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About 50 easy things to do with pork chops!

Last updated on: September 4, 2015 at 11:02 am By Simcha Fisher

Here’s the promised pork chop post from Friday’s “What’s for Supper?” post. Some nice ideas here, collected after I asked Facebook what to do when I had a bunch of thin pork chops and no exotic ingredients. Sorry about the terrible formatting. Today, I let the computer win. Oh, and here’s what I finally ended up making: just regular frickin’ pork chops: *** ABOUT 50 EASY THINGS TO DO WITH PORK CHOPS *** Salt, pepper, dip in flour, shake off the... Read more

2015-09-03T13:01:09-05:00

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Gender Reveal Parties and the Discernment of Amoral Issues

Last updated on: September 3, 2015 at 1:01 pm By Simcha Fisher

A reader writes: I cannot understand why some practicing Catholics that I know do not agree that referring to a child by his/her gender and name before birth (as soon as it can be known) is MORE life-affirming than not doing so, and is clearly a moral issue because of the inherent dignity of the unborn. Read my response at the Register. *** image via Wikimedia Commons – Photographer: Nils Fretwurst Read more

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2015-09-03T13:32:01-05:00

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No, It’s Not Okay to Flip Off Your Sleeping Baby

Last updated on: September 3, 2015 at 1:32 pm By Simcha Fisher

In Slate, Education Columnist Rebecca Schuman shares a gallery of photos of herself flipping off her sleeping seven-month-old baby. Schuman explains why, so far, she hasn’t found a compelling reason to stop taking and sharing these photos. She loves her baby, but the kid is a bad sleeper, and is making her very tired and frustrated. Schuman says: The reasons I take and post these pictures are varied. I crave emotional release after hours of increasingly desperate nursing, jiggling, rocking, walking,... Read more

2015-09-01T10:06:32-05:00

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Should I let my kid dress like a weirdo?

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 10:06 am By Simcha Fisher

There is a huge difference between sporting a blue mohawk because you think it looks cool, and sporting a blue mohawk because you want to horrify and offend everyone you meet. Trying to set yourself apart from your peers is morally neutral and should be tolerated, even if it makes adults cringe a bit. But trying to give the world or your family a big “F you” is a problem. It’s behavior that matters, and so it’s the behavior that... Read more

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2015-08-28T10:02:48-05:00

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What’s for supper? Vol. 2, now with link up!

Last updated on: August 28, 2015 at 10:02 am By Simcha Fisher

What’s for supper? So glad you asked! Last week, I said: While I’m no cooking jainyus, I do manage to feed twelve people, seven days a week, without spending a million dollars and without anyone getting rickets. I’ll list our dinners and include any recipes that might be interesting, and I hope readers will share their menus and recipes, too, so we can all get some good ideas from each other. If there’s enough interest, I may start a weekly blog... Read more

2015-08-27T17:41:02-05:00

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Dear Teacher

Last updated on: August 27, 2015 at 5:41 pm By Simcha Fisher

Alas. We spent our summer swimming, watching X Files, sucking down gallons and gallons of ramen, eviscerating countless watermelons, making a meticulous survey of the entire lifework of the master cinematographer Chow Yun Fat, and creating various kinds of heartache for your long-suffering soul sister, the public librarian. Read the rest at the Register. *** Image via Wikimedia Commons Read more

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2015-08-26T09:47:47-05:00

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Pro-life Even at the End of Life: What the Catholic Church Teaches about Care for the Dying

Last updated on: August 26, 2015 at 9:47 am By Simcha Fisher

The Catholic Church has a consistent, compassionate approach to end-of-life issues, but many Catholics don’t know what the Church actually teaches. As a result, doctors, hospice care workers, and the guardians of patients in distress are branded “murderers” even when they’re doing their best to care for the sick and dying in a loving, responsible, and ethical way. I wrote this article for Catholic Digest in 2013. I’m reprinting it today in light of recent conversationg surrounding Baby Jake and the court’s decisions... Read more

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