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Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fisher is a speaker, freelance writer and author of The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning. She blogs daily at simchafisher.com and weekly at The Catholic Weekly. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 kids.
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Articles by Simcha Fisher
FaithFaith in Focus
Why I left the church — and why I came back
Simcha Fisher
Here is a little story about how I left the church, sort of, and then came slouching back home, more or less.
Arts & CultureFilm
What we talk about when we talk about Britney Spears
Simcha Fisher
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.
Regé-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne “Bridgerton” (Liam Daniel/Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ is a feminist disaster. But it (almost) redeems itself.
Simcha Fisher
Welcome to a world where soft porn meets Lisa Frank meets... not Jane Austen, but someone who has definitely heard of Jane Austen.
FaithFaith in Focus
The ‘O Antiphons,’ Reimagined
Simcha Fisher
Ansgar Holmberg, C.S.J., 86, didn’t paint her O Antiphon series to edify or instruct anyone. They were meant only for herself.
FaithFaith in Focus
Election Day’s chaos and long lines brought me hope for my country—and my church
Simcha Fisher
Whatever comes next may be ugly. We all know this. But for reasons I can hardly explain, I felt buoyed up the morning after the election.
FaithFaith in Focus
I didn’t watch the Amy Coney Barrett hearings—and I’m a better Christian for it.
Simcha Fisher
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Rev. Matthew Hood thumbs through a missal at the altar of St. Lawrence Parish in Utica, Mich., on Aug. 21, 2020. Finding out he wasn’t a priest was a painful realization, but it came with the grace of knowing God’s providence, he said. (CNS photo/Michael Stechschulte, Detroit Catholic)
FaithInterviews
Interview: Father Matt Hood, the priest who discovered he was invalidly baptized (and ordained)
Simcha Fisher
Simcha Fischer speaks with Father Matthew Hood, the priest from Utica, Mich., who recently learned his baptism as an infant had been invalid.
FaithFaith in Focus
Our plans for school this year will probably fail—and that’s O.K.
Simcha Fisher
Remote, in-person or home schooling: They are all impossible. So why worry about failing?
FaithFeatures
When a Catholic leaves seminary or religious life
Simcha Fisher
It's O.K. if continuing to follow God's voice doesn't mean you end up where you think you're going to end up.
FaithFaith in Focus
Only in death can we truly come home
Simcha Fisher
Everything else, even their names, has been taken away from the dead, and they are reserving for their family a spot with the one thing we really need: a view of the mountain.