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November 2015

November 04, 2015

Is it easier for rich people to have big families?

David Mills is doing a little self-examination at Aleteia with A Marxist Lesson for Breeding...

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 21, 2015

Slimes and Blunders caption contest

My sister Abby used to write an NFP column called "Signs and Wonders." Her husband, naturally,...

July 20, 2015

The Sinner’s Guide to NFP is on sale for NFP Awareness Week!

In honor of nobody's favorite week of the year, my book's on sale all week! The...

May 2015

May 18, 2015

How to set the new style Clearblue fertility monitor ahead five days for Marquette NFP

As new Marquette NFP users, we decided to buy the new style fertility monitor, which...

May 14, 2015

Ding ding! Your wife is ready. Sex Ed at the Fishers, part II

I've recently started using Marquette, and haven't yet formed the habit of putting the monitor...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

About the Pope’s “don’t be like rabbits” remark UPDATED

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons First, kudos for Erin of Bearing Blog for...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

Other people’s blessings

I've had to remind myself, over and over again, that couples who really do...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Desperate need for Creighton NFP instructors in Portland

So, you live in the Portland, Oregon area and want to learn about Creighton NFP....

February 20, 2014

Progesterone cream (prescription and OTC) improved my Creighton NFP charting of cycles and now NFP is tolerable instead of intolerable

This is my story of how progesterone cream made NFP tolerable, instead of intolerable. The...

February 14, 2014

Two great questions from men about NFP

I had a great interview with the witty and insightful Scott Eric Alt of Logos...

February 10, 2014

Are you using the right method of NFP?

If you are all done finding out which character from The Hunger Games you are,...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Creighton training opportunity in DC area

Got this email from Adrienne Pedraza re Creighton education, and my brain is too fried...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Mother of Nine Accidentally Launches NFP Bestseller; Needle Buried on Irony Meter

MARLBOROUGH -- Popular blogger Simcha Fisher’s first book, The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, became...

September 2013

September 09, 2013

Interested in becoming a Creighton Model FertilityCare practitioner?

People think of NFP as a way to space or postpone pregnancy, but it can...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Oh, and a rejected book cover

I forgot about this one. John reminds me that he also offered to "draw an...

July 24, 2013

NFP Awareness Week: Book Cover Reveal + Open Thread

I am aware of NFP. Are you? I've been aware that it's NFP Awareness Week...

July 16, 2013

My profile of Dr. Carpentier in OSV

I wrote this article about Dr. Paul Carpentier quite a while ago - glad they...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Theology of the Body reading recommendations?

A reader writes: I've got a Catholic friend who is sorely in need of some good...

March 2011

March 25, 2011

So tell me: Marriage Prep

All this talk about young married couples has sent me on a trip down memory...

March 23, 2011

Why doesn’t the Church just make a list?

image source When Catholics talk about NFP, someone always asks rather plaintively why the Church...

December 2010

December 01, 2010

No petty virtues

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

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Where’s Mama? Where’s Mama?

There she is! Oh, um, sorry, I mean, please come see me in two other...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

So Tell Me: your NFP jokes

(photo source) Yesterday was the summer solstice: the longest day of the year. If you...