Leah Jacobson

Columnists

Raising Patriots

This past week my husband and I packed our five young children into a conversion van and drove about 1400 miles round-trip to visit the

Leah Jacobson August 16, AD 2013 6 Comments

Women's Issues

What is a “New Feminist”?

Perhaps you have heard the term and have been wondering about what this “New Feminism” stuff is all about. Many have pegged it a “Catholic-thing”

Leah Jacobson July 22, AD 2013 3 Comments

Columnists

What Was She Wearing?

Recently I’ve come across several posts on the internet addressing the question of rape and whether or not we are victim blaming in asking questions

Leah Jacobson June 21, AD 2013 6 Comments

Book Review: Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious

I was pleasantly surprised last month when I was approached through Facebook to consider reviewing a new book for Catholic women by author Pat Gohn.

Leah Jacobson May 24, AD 2013 3 Comments

Helping Young Families: The Church's Job?

This past month I’ve been thinking about the difficulties of raising young families. Conversations with friends and family and my own lived experiences have left

Leah Jacobson January 4, AD 2013 No Comments

New Media

#Ivoted

So wow. How about that election, huh? Don’t worry all you election weary people; this post is not going to go into a political recap

Leah Jacobson November 9, AD 2012 3 Comments

Bioethics

Embryo Adoption: Is it OK?

The short answer to the very complex question posed in the title of this article is this: We actually don’t know, yet. That is to

Leah Jacobson October 12, AD 2012 15 Comments

Career

Guiding Stars

There are many reasons I haven’t written too much about the project in my life that gets the majority of my free time and mental

Leah Jacobson September 20, AD 2012 2 Comments

Politics

The Clash of the Catholic Feminists

After reading an article tonight on CNN about the Catholic nun who brought her “star power” to the DNC, I just couldn’t help but express

Leah Jacobson September 6, AD 2012 10 Comments

Women's Issues

Wonderfully Made

The Catholic Church loves women! I know that statement mystifies and angers some people in our society. If you are such a person, I encourage

Leah Jacobson August 17, AD 2012 21 Comments

Dating

I don’t wanna mess this thing up

One night last week I was driving home late with all five kids sleeping soundly in their car seats when Lady Antebellum’s song “Just a

Leah Jacobson July 20, AD 2012 8 Comments

Columnists

My Voice

A few weeks ago I was asked to do an interview for a local women’s magazine that is published quarterly here in MN. Since the

Leah Jacobson June 23, AD 2012 8 Comments

Columnists

NEEDED: Motherhood

Greetings Ignitum readers! My apologies for missing my last posting here a few weeks back. I’m sure you were all wondering where I was (uhh hum) and/or

Leah Jacobson May 25, AD 2012 5 Comments