vol. 7, num. 17 :: 2008.09.26 — 2008.10.10
We call it “family planning,” even though much of what happens in starting and cultivating a family could rightly be called a surprise, pleasant or otherwise. On the principles and experiences of such efforts.
A poetic letter offering insight into the ideas that feather the nest of a young family.
Learning to face both hope and fear in childbearing years.
One couple's journey to honor God with their sex lives.
Taking another look at the faithful stewardship of the cycles of our bodies.
Some considerations and resources for imagining a family.
On balancing human agency with God's desires.
A reflection on the reality of our limitations in family planning.
The story of a journey to a five-member family and a mini-van.
Birthing experiences as teachers about our agency and our dependency.
A response to catapult’s “Family Planning” issue.
A review of the new Coen brothers film, Burn After Reading .
A few life lessons from the ghosts of my ancestors.
On negotiating a scarred family past to discover true identity.
Sometime the saint is in our blood.
A powerful episode about the challenges parents face in loving and caring for children with special needs.
Matt Frost writes about how children fit into the good life.
A woman's reflections on the relationship between cognitive choices and great mystery.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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