the thing about nfp
Of course I’m not speaking for you, or all Catholics, or even my husband, but nfp is the hardest and easiest part of my marriage, my
Bonnie Engstrom
September 9, AD 2011
7 Comments
Life
Bitterness Begone! A Time For Love
I’ll like to talk about love – agape. The world needs agape more than ever. I see a lack of agape everywhere both online and
Godwin Delali Adadzie
September 9, AD 2011
2 Comments
Religion
About that PR thing
A lot of talk and postings that I’ve come across (here and on other sites) talk about improving the Church’s “public relations.” That is, people
Colin Gormley
September 8, AD 2011
8 Comments
Health & Fitness
Happy Birthday, Mary!
As it turns out, Mary is one of my favorite writing topics. I have always been fascinated by her, for obvious reasons. Suspend reality for
Elizabeth Hillgrove
September 8, AD 2011
3 Comments
Life
Loud Music and Noisome Atheists
A few years ago I was attending Artillery school in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. My pregnant wife had remained on the East Coast so that we
Joseph
September 8, AD 2011
4 Comments
Columnists
Le Chiese delle Cittá: Neo-gothic Proper?
For this week’s installment of “Le Chiese delle Cittá” I will finally look at a church here in Milwaukee. I have been exploring the meaning
Nathaniel Gotcher
September 7, AD 2011
6 Comments
God Needs You!
Last month, my boyfriend’s grandfather died. The beauty of our Catholic faith never felt more exposed to me than with the passing of another believing
J.R. Baldwin
September 7, AD 2011
4 Comments
Spirituality
Why I Believe in “The Purple Cow”: Part 3
Most successful large organizations have a marketer. So who is the marketer for the Catholic Church? You are. I am. A notion that is both
Steven Lawson
September 7, AD 2011
1 Comment
A Pilgrimage, Not A Vacation
The following days were a blur of sessions at the Love and Life Centre, Morning Prayer with my group, spending time in front of the Blessed Sacrament, cheering for Pope Benedict, participating in Mass, and making friends with other pilgrims in the streets. I joined in a dance circle of Spanish pilgrims, traded knickknacks with South Koreans, and brushed up on my rudimentary Italian when squished against a group from Tuscany in the Metro.
Trista Garttner
September 7, AD 2011
9 Comments
New Media
The Problem With Christian Rock 2
What I thought to be a relatively benign statement turns out to be akin to insulting the grandmother of some, and giving an infinite gift
Marc Barnes
September 6, AD 2011
58 Comments
Married Life
Café con Leche
What a beautiful thing diversity is. What a gift it is to embrace, engage and learn from another culture! Cristina and I feel so immensely
Andrew and Cristina
September 6, AD 2011
2 Comments
Tis the Season for Prolife Activism
The Summer is winding to a close and the weather has a hint of Fall. Time for those activities that we all love – county fairs,
Rachel Zamarron
September 6, AD 2011
1 Comment
New Media
The Problem With Christian Rock
There is a problem with Christian Rock. It’s the problem that makes your modern post-Christian – that is to say, your average American – laugh
Marc Barnes
September 5, AD 2011
97 Comments
College
Back to school
For the first time in my life I am no longer a student — in the formal sense, at least. Whether you’re starting a new
Anna Williams
September 5, AD 2011
7 Comments
Prayer
Never Without Hope
Who hasn’t experienced it in their relationships? You want to reach out to someone you love when he is struggling, so you go out of
Sr. Lisa Marie
September 4, AD 2011
6 Comments
Jobs
Lest it Go Unspoken
It”s been a tough week. Last Sunday I had a fever and was trying to fight a cold. Last Monday my daughter, Maggie, came down
Sarah Babbs
September 4, AD 2011
2 Comments
Family
A White Heart
Here I am at my Grandparents’ house in an Undisclosed Location. (a clue: it’s in the USA). They live in a town that’s about the
Nathaniel Gotcher
September 2, AD 2011
6 Comments
Another Madonna and Child
Remember to spend some time in prayer with Our Lady– she loves you so much and will do whatever it takes to bring you to
Elaine Golden
September 2, AD 2011
2 Comments
Religion
The paradox of AGAPE
“Love” is perhaps the most overloaded word in the English. We use it to describe all kinds of feeling in different relationships. Romantic love. Familial
Colin Gormley
September 2, AD 2011
1 Comment
College
Some Catholics believe in Mary instead of Jesus?
A Catholic friend of mine told me that “we are not suppose to trust in Mary but some Catholics believe strongly in Mary instead of
Godwin Delali Adadzie
September 2, AD 2011
15 Comments
what we’re not saying
All over the internet people are commenting on the teachings of the Catholic Church. We write, read, and argue about what is modest, how NFP
Bonnie Engstrom
September 1, AD 2011
20 Comments
