Is Eating a Moral Act?
It all started with the apple. Adam and Eve were given one rule: Don’t eat the apple. They had a simple choice to make: To…
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Natural Family Planning Basics
Learn the basics of Natural Family Planning (NFP) and glean other benefits for your health with NFP by charting. It is possible to find natural…
We’re Not Just Bodies Walking Around
It seems like we live in a world where everyone thinks they have a right to an opinion about everyone else’s family size (and parenting…
Friday FAST Food: Cooking Fish at Home (& a Recipe for Creamy Alaskan Halibut with Caramelized Onions)
Ever made rubber in the oven? Let’s just say my first experience cooking unprocessed fish at home didn’t go so well. I was in college…
Does Being Too Strict on Food Take the Joy out of Family Life?
“I don’t even want to go to a barbecue at my boss’s house this summer, because it might not be any fun with all our…
Monday Mission: Give Real Food to Those in Need
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to give a gift of whole foods to a food pantry or collection the next opportunity you…
Offering Up My Labor
Catholics have this great thing about sacrifice and suffering. We like it. Perhaps that’s a little misleading. I think I can rightly say we appreciate…
Does a Child Really Cost a Quarter Million Dollars?
Can you afford another child? People are really thinking about finances when they make decisions about conception, and many struggle with being a working mother…
Mary and Martha Moment: Why I Choose NFP
Having kids really changes the way most people look at the world, and for many, myself included, children are the motivation to begin improving one’s…
Theology of the Body, Part Six: Celibacy for the Kingdom
This is the one I’ve been dying to share with you. Christopher West has been criticized for emphasizing the marriage part of Pope John Paul…
Theology of the Body, Part Five: The Resurrection of the Body (Our Destiny)
Blessed John Paul II, pray for us! I’m so thankful to our former Pope John Paul II for leaving this legacy of the Theology of…
Is Christopher West’s Handling of the Theology of the Body Off the Mark?
I’m taking a quick pause in the 8-week Theology of the Body series to address some controversy surrounding the issue. I seem to be rife…
Can Catholics Do Yoga?
Is it possible to practice yoga as a faithful Catholic? Every time I mention yoga here at Kitchen Stewardship®, like I did in this post…