In the spirit of “fake it till you make it”: the collision insurance edition

I was in a car accident this afternoon. Everyone’s fine except my car, which is fixable but in the body shop. I’m just rattled. God is very pleased with those who recognise his goodness by reciting the Te Deum in thanksgiving whenever something out of the ordinary happens, without caring whether it may have been… Continue reading In the spirit of “fake it till you make it”: the collision insurance edition

Don’t know if I should laugh or cry

Making Babies: A Very Different Look at Natural Family Planning But another reason for NFP’s allegedly high success rate is that couples who use it are prepared to welcome children and so don’t blame NFP for unexpected pregnancies. Four of my own five children came the NFP way — that is, totally unexpectedly — and… Continue reading Don’t know if I should laugh or cry

The importance of marriage

Cate Flanagan in TIME Magazine: There is no other single force causing as much measurable hardship and human misery in this country as the collapse of marriage. It hurts children, it reduces mothers’ financial security, and it has landed with particular devastation on those who can bear it least: the nation’s underclass. Two lovely links… Continue reading The importance of marriage

I *heart* Pope Benedict

Pope Benedict XVI gave President Barack Obama a surprise gift this evening: a copy of the Vatican’s document on bioethics and human dignity, which was published in December. The document, “Dignitas Personae” (”The Dignity of a Person”), was issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.