I’m posting today on a subject very close to my heart. I know that probably half of my readers think this topic has nothing to do with you, but I would like to invite each of you to take time to read it, even though it’s aimed at natural family planning users, because the point…
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When It’s Time To Say, “Enough”
In natural family planning circles, there are certain words you’re not supposed to say. Like: “This is the last baby.” The very definition of openness to God’s will is that you never close off the possibility of another child, that you should be asking instead, “Is this month a good month to try to conceive,…
Read MorePreaching To the Choir
“Why is the “e” word (evangelism) so hard? How can the Christian faith be something you keep to yourself … or keep for yourself?” – Tweeted by @lensweet 3/16/11 “What we want is not more books about Christianity, but more books by Christians on other subjects.” – C.S. Lewis Sometimes I wonder if what I’m doing…
Read MoreAn Infertility Story, Part 1: Why NFP?
I spent the month of December writing a huge article on infertility. In the process of contacting and interviewing couples, I realized something: I have never actually addressed infertility on this blog. So I am dedicating this week to a no-holds-barred, lay-it-out-there infertility story. So if this is something you don’t feel like reading about,…
Read MoreWhat exactly did the Pope say?
You might have heard recently that the Pope changed the Church’s position on condom use. When I read that headline, my eyebrows shot up, because I was sure it wasn’t correct, knowing as I do how easy it is to take things out of context and make them sound quite different than they were intended;…
Read MoreA Conversation Only an NFP couple could have
“Christian, guess what? I found the old thermometer.” “Oh, yeah? Where was it?” “In my pajama drawer. So what do you think, do we keep using the new one? ’Cause this one registered the temperatures so much lower.” He eases into bed. “You know,” he says, “I never really liked that thermometer anyway. This new…
Read More7 Quick Takes
1. Late last week, I short-circuited from novel rejection letters and general loathing for my own work, which naturally led me straight to the edge of an impenetrable titanium wall called WRITER’S BLOCK. After I’d bloodied my cranium against it for a few days, I finally decided it was time to take some time off,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Kimberly Hahn
This spring, I had the opportunity to interview Kimberly Hahn for an article in the Couple to Couple League’s Family Foundations magazine. Catholic audiences need no introduction to Mrs. Hahn and her husband. But for those who aren’t familiar with their work, Scott and Kimberly Hahn were a Protestant minister’s family who converted to Catholicism…
Read MoreNationalized Health Care, Down Syndrome, and Abortion
I’m going to go out on a limb today and say something that a good portion of my readership probably won’t like. Namely: I support Obama’s health care plan. You might remember that last year a group of us put together a bill to mandate coverage of “habilitative” services for children with special needs. This…
Read MoreSnip-ety Link, take 2
Sunday Snippets is a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. This week, I’ve had quite a lot to say on the subject of faith! “Second Chances” is about finding our way back to God’s plan when we’ve screwed things up the first time around. There’s “Confessions of a…
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Kathleen M. Basi 