We are in the final hours of the Winner’s Guide to NFP contest, day 5. Still time to enter! And here is something else: on Monday, I will be giving away a Baby-Comp (and the Rafflecopter form should be working fine now!)     Yep, a Baby-Comp! This lovely little gadget retails between $400-$500, if you can find it for sale. It’s a first generation model, brand new. You can use this device to help you either plan or avoid conception. The raffle begins today,... Read more

  We made it all the way to day five! If you’re at all familiar with NFP, you know that’s quite a feat in itself. And you’ll notice I made it all week without making any Oprah jokes (Look under your chair! You get a fertility monitor! And you get a fertility monitor! Everyone gets fertility monitor!!!)   –1– The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning autographed to your specs       –2– Something Other Than God: How I Passionately... Read more

Congratulations to Thursday’s winners! I sent emails to everyone on this list this morning. Please check your inbox for a message that I couldn’t figure out how to say without sounding super spammy. Here are Thursday’s winners: Copy of SGNFP: Keisha Griswold Woman, How Great Thou Art by Theresa Martin: Emily Tyson Lie “Sensation” massage oil from Young Living: Kaitlyn  one volume of the Summa: Amy Enloe  Pope Francis Magnets: Molly Baxter  Listen, My Son by Dwight Longenecker: Courtney Simenson  Organic... Read more

Wednesday’s winners! Congratulations to the following folks: 1 The Sinner’s Guide to NFP: Mikayla Dalton 2 $25 Pampered Chef gift certificate: Joe Sales 3 2 books by Leah Perrault: Medeline 4 Subscription to NFP Charting Online app: Jenny Stevens Hamilton 5 My First Prayers board book: Courtney Foster 6 10 Pope Francis Magnets: Vicki Hammond McDonald 7 set of Living Young massage oils: Elizabeth Ambrose Lovett 8 Fertility, Cycles, and Nutrition: Stacie Gresham 9 My Family steel and crystal locket:... Read more

Because on Monday, I will be giving away a Baby-Comp (and the Rafflecopter form should be working fine now!)   Yep, a Baby-Comp! This lovely little gadget retails between $400-$500, if you can find it for sale. It’s a first generation model, brand new. You can use this device to help you either plan or avoid conception. The raffle begins today, and will remain open until Monday. And who is our generous sponsor? The Natural Baby Company of Austin, TX.  Because the next generation of the... Read more

Today, blah blah blah something something NFP woo hoo prizes something something oh lord it’s hot.  Look, are you aware of NFP? Good for you, so am I. Prizes here now. Oh, and don’t forget, if you want to win a Baby Comp, that’s  a whole separate contest! Check it out.  –1– The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, autographed to your specs     sponsored by Johnny L., who definitely read my book, understands NFP, loves it with all... Read more

Congratulations to the following winners! I’ll be emailing everyone with information about how to claim your prize. (Please remember to check the email address you used in the Rafflecopter form!) Remember, if the prize is something you can’t use personally, please consider donating it to someone who can use it — your parish or local crisis pregnancy center, perhaps. Thanks for playing! Don’t forget to enter today’s contest, with a whole new crop of prizes.   Autographed copy of The... Read more

It’s Simcha Fisher Natural Family Planning Awareness Week! In honor of the fact that apparently other people besides me are writing on the topic (whew!), I’m sharing a few of the really good articles I’ve seen in the last few days. One recurring theme: the Church never calls us to plan other people’s families, no matter how much prudence and generosity we employ while doing it.  Here are some good reads: from Katie van Schaijik: a cogent and persuasive essay about those nefarious Catholics... Read more