A friend of mine from college has written a beautiful reflection on marriage based on what she has observed since she herself got married 82 days ago. It’s not what you would expect to hear from a young newlywed. The whole thing is worth reading, but I especially like when she addresses an article written several months ago on the … Read More
Life, Dignity and Disability
In October, Human Life International, Nebraska Bishops’ Pro-Life Office and the Archdiocese of Omaha Respect Life Apostolate are hosting a conference in Omaha, Nebraska, on the theme of : Life, Dignity, and Disability: A Faith that Welcomes. Author Joseph Pearce will be one of the speakers. He writes at HLI’s Truth and Charity Forum: One has to accept sorrow for … Read More
Patience
For the past couple of months I keep coming back to this beautiful post from Steve Gershom (aka Joseph Pervor) ‘Patience means not only being willing to wait for the end of something, but staying alongside it the whole time: not just waiting for the fruit of the tree, but watching as it grows, loving the dirt and the sap … Read More
Prince William on Fatherhood
Fatherhood has treated Wills well in many ways — he looks great! Related: Cute Royal Baby Blogging Having Children Has Made Jim Gaffigan a “Better Man”
Cute Unborn Nephew Blogging
My baby sister is having a baby! It seems like only yesterday… Throwback Thursday: me and my baby-baby sister 24 years ago. But, she really is pregnant — 15 weeks or so. Unaware of the sex, we’ve all just been referring to the little one as “Peanut”…until now. Usually the sex is not determinable until closer to week 20, but … Read More
Regional Emmy Nom. for Delightful Story Abt. Young Man With Down Syndrome
I am pleased to learn that a story I shared here a few months ago has been nominated for a Regional Emmy. It’s from my old hometown, my sister’s high school alma mater, specifically, about a young man with Down syndrome who is carrying on the tradition of a school legend: Giving The H from Tom Martin on Vimeo. Congrats … Read More
Victory for Women in California
On Tuesday Governor Jerry Brown of California surprisingly vetoed a bill that would have permitted biotech companies to buy eggs from women for scientific research. The Center for Bioethics and Culture released the following statement: We applaud California Governor Jerry Brown for his leadership in vetoing AB 926 yesterday. This bill would have allowed women in California to be paid … Read More
DOMA ≠ Anti-Miscegenation Laws
I don’t know about you, but one of my biggest pet-peeves in the debate over same-sex marriage is the comparison of SSM to interracial marriages. Recently a good friend of mine received an email bringing up that very argument in response to an article he wrote about last month’s DOMA ruling. I really liked his response to this woman which … Read More
Benedict and Biotechnology
Unlike the rest of the Catholic blogosphere, I never did offer my reflections on Benedict XVI’s papacy after he “retired” earlier this year. But, the latest “breakthrough” in human cloning got me thinking about Pope Benedict and how he often drew attention to what he called the “difficult problem of bioethics,” especially in the area of science and human biotechnology. … Read More
Having Children Has Made Jim Gaffigan a “Better Man”
This is a really beautiful quote from Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties after I bring up that I ‘have children.’ I imagine them taking a small step backward as if to avoid contagion, with a look of ‘Sorry to hear that’ on their face. Like I naively volunteered to contract leprosy, forever quarantining … Read More
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