What does the church really teach about this widely misunderstood process, and how does it play out in the lives of ordinary Catholics?
Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher is a speaker, freelance writer, regular contributor to The Catholic Weekly and author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 children.
Posted inAdvent Reflections, Faith
The Contradiction of God’s Comfort
A Reflection for the Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘The Sopranos’ is making a comeback. Two of its themes never stopped being relevant: death and salvation.
‘The Sopranos’ is ultimately about the day when Tony Soprano will not wake up.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The debate over Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave is missing one thing: the birth mother
The Buttigieg discourse is about sexuality, class, money, work, fatherhood, legislation. But do you know what has not been talked about at all? The mother.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Motherhood turns you into a fountain that flows and flows. Then it shows you that you will run out.
Surrendering bodily vanity is only the beginning of what happens to you when you become a mother.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Sick of the Bishops vs. Biden Controversy? Just log off and practice your faith like a Medieval peasant.
“Medieval Peasanting” means reminding myself that there once existed Catholics who couldn’t read or write. They said their prayers and did their best to obey the commandments, and when they failed, they repented.
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Did going to therapy challenge my faith? Yes. Did it make it stronger? Also yes.
I had to accept that it’s possible that there is no God. Or that there is, but he is a stranger. Instead of choosing to trust the church because trust was where I wanted to be, I deliberately stepped out, off the safety of the shore, into doubt.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why I left the church — and why I came back
Here is a little story about how I left the church, sort of, and then came slouching back home, more or less.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
What we talk about when we talk about Britney Spears
The New York Times documentary on Britney Spears isn’t about her music. It’s is largely about the media, and the people who consume it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ is a feminist disaster. But it (almost) redeems itself.
Welcome to a world where soft porn meets Lisa Frank meets… not Jane Austen, but someone who has definitely heard of Jane Austen.