Religious/Personal

Red Lights and Scrambled Eggs

These two humorous stories about natural family planning (NFP) and family life were submitted to the Couple to Couple League International’s magazine, Family Foundations.

After our first NFP class, my husband referred to it as a reproductive game of “red light, green light.” We call Phase I and III “red light” and Phase II as having a “green light.” We often get the giggles in the car while waiting at a red light. Read More…

Responsible Parenthood Means God is in the Picture

Fr. Richard Hogan

The following is an interview between the Couple to Couple League (CCL) and Fr. Richard Hogan, a former CCL board member and expert in the Theology of the Body. Read More…

Plans for Two Can Lead to More

His Mind Was Changed

Bill and Sarah Kolath, Dalhart, TX

CCL Teaching Couple Bill and Sarah Kolath were living on a minimal graduate assistantship when they got married in 2001, so they postponed pregnancy. Still, Sarah said, “I felt a strong desire for a baby, so we often revisited the possibility.” Their first child, William, was born in 2003. Through major moves, job changes and upheavals, the Kolaths continued to discern God’s calling, adding Andrew, Elizabeth, and Rebekah to their family in turn. Read More…