Comments on: Delete key aftermath: post requests?

By: Tiago Paolini

Tiago Paolini — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:02:00 +0000

I usually use draft posts on Blogger to keep track of my ideas for posts, so when I finally am going to finish and publish them, they are already there on Blogger. Maybe doing the same would prevent from accidentally deleting again a computer file with the posts

By: Jennifer @ Conversion Diary

Jennifer @ Conversion Diary — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07:00 +0000

foursure -

The tagline on the box reads: “Reduces the time it takes to conceive your baby.” Let’s just say we found that to be true.

If you’d like more details feel free to email me!

By: foursure

foursure — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:42:00 +0000

Several months ago Testosterhome had a post about the Marquette Method & Clear Blue Easy. Someone named "Jen" posted that she used that method for NFP. I thought I followed her link back here, and then about 1 month later you posted the news of your most recent pregnancy. Was it you? Did you use it? Do you have any comments on that method? (We are NFP'rs) Hope you don't mind me asking here… I've just always wondered.

By: Lenetta

Lenetta — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:30:00 +0000

I've been toying with something lately that I think you could cover well, if you feel so moved.

Life is easier when we follow God's plan for it.

First, we must know God's plans. This is where I look to the Church so often (and not often enough!). Then, we must choose to live the way HE wants, not how we want. Finally, it's not EASY, just easier.

I've applied this to so many things personally lately that I can't even hardly list them. I've even pondered applying them to society as a whole and come up with much the same conclusions.

Grace and blessings to you on this journey of life.

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:04:00 +0000

I’m going to an RCIA meeting tonight, and in my reading I came across this line:

“The Church truly knows that only God, Whom she serves, meets the deepest longings of the human heart, which is never fully satisfied by what this world has to offer.”

If that inspires you at all, I’d love to hear about it.

Link: http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_cons_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html

By: 'Becca

'Becca — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:02:00 +0000

How frustrating!!! But I think this may well be a lesson about detachment. I have lost lists of various types before and found myself simultaneously thanking God for my excellent memory and thinking of exciting new ideas that hadn't been on the list. Also, my post that has drawn the most thanks from strangers is one that I suddenly decided to write on a day when I'd meant to write about something else.

Topics I'd like to see:

You said fear is failure to trust. Later, you said fear is failure to love. Which is it? Both? Are they kind of the same thing?

I'd like to hear more about your kids, particularly as other than a source of work and distraction from your writing. What have you learned from them? A while back, you were seeking advice on children's religious instruction; have you tried anything new that worked out well?

I'm puzzled by some Catholic beliefs which, as I understand them, don't seem to go together:
(a) This life is fallen and temporary; what really matters is eternal life.
(b) When people die in a state of grace, they go to be with God and it's really wonderful.
(c) Death is horrible and evil and just about the worst thing that can ever happen to a person.

What are your beliefs about environmental stewardship? (Does the word "stewardship" bug you, too, or am I flinching from it just because I don't like stew?)

How can parishes build a more vital community life?

What charity/volunteer work do you do, and what experiences there have most shaped your spiritual growth?

By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:00 +0000

I’m hyperventilating for you right as we speak………

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:33:00 +0000

I just wanted to mention that I’ve started reading your archives- partly because I’ve been toying with the idea of starting my own blog and I wondered what the beginning of a blog might look like… Anyway, what I gained from reading all those posts is how different your authorial voice seems now. The huge changes that God has wrought in your life are really apparent even through your words… and I really get a sense that God’s grace is working in your writing, that he is using you to fulfill his plan to bring more souls closer to him. Anyway, why not look at an old post, your previous thoughts about a particular topic, and share how your perspective has changed? For example, I saw a number of posts where you were wondering why Catholics dress so casually for church- as a jeans-wearing Catholic myself, I wonder what your thoughts are about that now.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:22:00 +0000

Well, not exactly a deep thought request here, but something I’ve been wanting to ask you.

When you pray the hours, what do you do about the hymn? Do you have resource(s) for hearing them so you have some idea how they are supposed to sound? Do you just fake it? Do you have musical training so that you can read the music? Or do you just read it and ignore the music directions?

It is something I’ve struggled with – right now I let my 6 yo sing most of the hymns (we pray the morning office together when we don’t go to Mass) and while the renditions are rather, um, tuneless, they are at least heartfelt!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:24:00 +0000

I'd like to know if you get tired of talking about "atheism" and all that's included in that topic?

Do you feel like that part of your identity clouds over what your are now?

Thanks for your time. Have a son filled day!