God Said “Gevalt”

Last updated on: January 10, 2015 at 9:37 pm By Simcha Fisher

Are you a SCOIT (Suffering Catholic of Insulted Taste)? Have you white-knuckled your way through “Ashes” and “Hosea,” and bitten your tongue as your PinterEst pals gush over empty tomb rolls? PIC empty tomb rolls. “Gather ’round, children, as I tell you a tale of a marshmallow named Jesus, who melted. Now eat His grave. EAT IT!” In the spirit of ecumenism, I would like to remind you that Christians by no means corner the market on ghastly religious kitsch... Read more

I’ll be on Relevant Radio Monday morning

Last updated on: March 9, 2014 at 11:27 pm By Simcha Fisher

chatting with Sean Herriot of the Morning Air Show at 8:40 eastern time. Click here to listen live, or go to Relevant Radio and hit the silver “listen now” button near the top of the page. Hope you can catch it! Read more

At the Register: Making Ashes Out of You and Me

Last updated on: March 6, 2014 at 12:11 pm By Simcha Fisher

This is the best thing I have ever written in my entire life. Read more

At the Register: Allow me to inspire you this Lent

Last updated on: March 4, 2014 at 2:23 pm By Simcha Fisher

I can be helpful. Read more

I’d sign that

Last updated on: March 4, 2014 at 11:53 am By Simcha Fisher

Here’s what I found on the dining room table this morning. They would have submitted it to the school’s director today, too, except that someone spilled coffee(?) on it. Text: NAP PETITION We, the 3/4 and 5/6 [grade classrooms], believe that it is unjust that the K and K alone are allowed naps, while we carry heavier burdens, both figuratively and literally. Are we unworthy of naps? Have we committed some wrong that degrades us? If so, please speak up! If not... Read more

Quick, before it’s Lent!

Last updated on: March 4, 2014 at 9:25 am By Simcha Fisher

Listen to this. Read more

Lenten Rookie Mistakes

Last updated on: January 10, 2015 at 9:39 pm By Simcha Fisher

[This post originally ran, in a slightly different form, in the National Catholic Register in February of 2013.] ____________________________________________________________________________ PIC ashes on forehead I feel like I can’t walk ten feet without bumping into an enthusiastic new convert, which is delightful, and so encouraging! Welcome, everybody! We papists have a little saying: Venite intus; horribilis est! Heh. Anyway, you may be looking forward to your first Lent with enthusiasm but some trepidation. If so, you’re ahead of the game: it should be... Read more

$2.99 sale on my Kindle book!

Last updated on: March 3, 2014 at 10:55 am By Simcha Fisher

Today only! The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning — Kindle edition only — usually $4.99, today only $2.99 (which is the cheapest Amazon will let me set the price at). Read more

Breastfeeding Bullies Debunked

Last updated on: February 27, 2014 at 7:56 pm By Simcha Fisher

Is breast best? Maybe not — at least not in the long run. A study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine followed children, some breast fed, some bottle fed — and found that there is not much difference in how the kids turned out after babyhood. According to Slate, breastfed and bottle fed kids were measured for “11 outcomes, including BMI, obesity, asthma, different measures of intelligence, hyperactivity, and parental attachment. And there just wasn’t much difference. Huh? That’s... Read more

Breastfeeding Bullies

Last updated on: February 27, 2014 at 7:21 pm By Simcha Fisher

[This post originally ran on the National Catholic Register in December of 2011.] _________________________________________________________ At my last prenatal visit, I saw a new midwife. Her exam room had all the usual distracting mobiles and soothing photos of crocuses and placid water birds. It also had, right on eye level as I leaned back on the paper-covered table, this photo (WARNING: not for sensitive viewers). I was stunned—first, from the incredible insensitivity of displaying the image. At 38.5 weeks, I am... Read more