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November 2015

November 10, 2015

Should we smile, smile, smile?

What's the difference between feigned joy that cult members are required to display, and a suffering...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Up from Unity Candles

My marriage is now an adult! It's eighteen years old as of yesterday. Here's a...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Blessed Are the Useless

This is the connection that we need to hear over and over again: we're not...

September 08, 2015

How about post-Cana counseling?

For many young couples, their main problem is that they simply don't have any...

August 2015

August 18, 2015

Food, Love, Law, Jesus: It’s All the Same Thing

What God is trying to tell me is, "Sweetheart, why are you making this so...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

On complaining honestly about NFP (and other crosses)

Want to complain about NFP? Far be it from me to stop you! You could...

July 06, 2015

Maria Goretti didn’t die for her virginity

Or she wasn't canonized just because she managed to remain a virgin, anyway. Let's back...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Only a rightly-ordered heart feels grief

e know some couples who don't fight very much, but they don't seem...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

Love isn’t supposed to be efficient.

Jesus died for everybody, true. But He also died for each of us, specifically, individually,...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

On Valentine’s day, communication, and not getting kicked in the nuts

This year, I revealed to my husband that I actually kind of like Valentine’s...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Loving the adult Jesus

Christmas is the infancy of the Faith, and most people find it pretty easy to...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Love, Blame and Hope in the Movie MUD

PIC Mud poster This movie wasn't about what is wrong with women, or what...

September 08, 2014

Men, try whispering these seven simple words into your woman’s ear, and watch her melt.

"I did that insurance paperwork for you." PIC woman swooning

September 05, 2014

Why I don’t say “I’m so blessed.”

The other day, a woman lashed out at me for announcing my latest pregnancy online....

July 2014

July 11, 2014

How I learned to stop worrying about wifely obedience and love my husband

Ephesians 5:22! Ephesians 5:22! Let's all panic about Ephesians 5:22! Nah. I'm not afraid of...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

Life is too short for bad sex with a good husband.

This is the greatest letter I’ve gotten in a million years. It’s from MightyMighty at...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

God is faithful, but we’re not marrying God.

PIC split tree bound back together Every day, I bless a merciful God that there...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Why give birth? Why love?

Wow. Many, many thanks to Garard Nadal for posting this incredibly pro-life short film from...

November 15, 2013

An unthinkable story of love

Devin Rose has written a harrowing account of their adoption story. It begins, Several years...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Because my husband said I should . . .

Here is an excerpt from the chapter I'm contributing to a book about marriage: Children...

September 14, 2013

Catholic Digest: Pro-life Even at the End of Life

Oops, just realized I have a second article in the latest edition of Catholic Digest....

February 2011

February 17, 2011

Communication keeps a marriage strong.

Him: I love you. Me: I love you, too. But if you get me pregnant,...

February 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day Massacre

(photo source) This year, I revealed to my husband that I actually kind of like...

December 2010

December 01, 2010

No petty virtues

Some time ago, an online discussion of NFP took an interesting turn. I remember it...

October 2010

October 07, 2010

Thought experiment

Belief in God is for the weak, who are just looking for comfort and an...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

“You have nothing else but God.”

Today's post was written by "Pansy" for her blog, Pansy and Peony -- and she...

July 2010

July 19, 2010

Intertwine

image source The smartest thing I've ever heard about men and women and sex is...

July 12, 2010

Old Year Resolutions

Back around New Year's Day, when people were making resolutions, many of the good ladies...