Religious/Personal

Rude Awakening Over the Pill

Nagging doubts over the Pill

(Jan. 6, 2011) Although the mainstream media produced much ballyhoo about the birth control pill’s 50^th anniversary last year, there is still an undercurrent of discontent about the century’s most popular form of birth control.

New York Magazine recently carried an article by Vanessa Grigoriadi, “Waking Up From the Pill,” which reflected on the Pill and the feminist movement, but admitted that “for the wheatgrass-and-yoga generation, there’s something about taking a pill every day that’s insulting to one’s sense of self, as an accomplished, adult woman.”

Birth Control: It Almost Cost Us Our Marriage

Why they needed to be open to life.

The below article, by Bob and Gerri Laird, is from the July-August 1998 issue of “Family Foundations,” the publication of the Couple to Couple League International (CCL). CCL is the leading organization providing Natural Family Planning (NFP) instruction in the United States.

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It was June 6, 1975, our fifth wedding anniversary. We were the “perfect” family with two beautiful children: a boy and a girl. Although material goods were abundant, we had been through many difficulties: job-related separations, several moves leaving behind family and friends, two miscarriages, and several bouts with ill health. Although as spouses we rarely argued or mentioned divorce, we were distant and unfulfilled.

Thanksgiving - From Four Miscarriages to Immeasurable Gratitude

"Would I be happy as a stay-at-home mom?"

The following is an abridged article by Margaret Berns, of Minnesota, from the November-December 2010 issue of “Family Foundations,” the publication of the Couple to Couple League International (CCL). CCL is the leading organization providing Natural Family Planning (NFP) instruction in the United States.

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Back in college I had it all planned out: find a decent (and handsome) guy, get married, have a dozen kids. That’s not such a tough bill to fill, is it? I even told my future husband this on our first date.

The fact that he stuck around for a second date was promising, very promising.