National Catholic Register Bloggers feed from Jennifer Fulwiler

By Jennifer Fulwiler | If you've been online at all in the past month, you've probably seen the buzz about Elizabeth Scalia's new book, Strange Gods. I'd seen a sneak peak at some of the chapters...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/trust-and-idolatry

By Jennifer Fulwiler | Like many folks, I've spent a lot of time this week keeping up with coverage of the horrific tornadoes that hit Moore, Oklahoma. As I looked through pictures in this articl...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-cold-cruel-fate-of-a-world-that-is-terrified-of-suffering

By Jennifer Fulwiler | A while back I found myself at a social event where I didn't know many people, and I decided to try an experiment: For the first half of the event, when anyone asked the co...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-anonymous-stay-at-home-mom

By Jennifer Fulwiler | A few weeks ago, our front door broke. The handle became completely useless, to the point that there was no way at all to open the door. It was like Introvert Christmas. Sa...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-keep-out-sign-on-the-family-home

By Jennifer Fulwiler | It's been an interesting year here at the Fulwiler household (and by "interesting" I mean "absolutely insane, mostly in a bad way"). First, I was diagnosed with pulmonary e...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-well-ordered-life

By Jennifer Fulwiler | A couple of years ago, a spiritual director gave me a hard assignment. I had just finished railing at him about someone with whom I was very angry. After marveling at the a...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/praying-for-people-you-cant-pray-for

By Jennifer Fulwiler | I didn't do much for Lent this year. As anyone who's followed the whining over at my personal blog knows, 2013 has already brought me a veritable cornucopia of opportunitie...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/what-one-simple-meal-taught-me-about-the-vicious-cycle-of-consumption

By Jennifer Fulwiler | On an April day in 2005, my husband and I turned on the television to watch some show, but the program had been interrupted by coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II....

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/its-a-great-day-to-be-catholic

By Jennifer Fulwiler | "God is love." I heard the phrase countless times when I was growing up. Even as an atheist, I couldn't avoid the concept: I'd see it on youth group pamphlets, bumper stick...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/why-love-is-the-secret-to-conversion

By Jennifer Fulwiler | When I first heard about the Envoy Institute's Catholic Apologetics Summer Camp, I immediately wanted to know more. It sounded like a unique opportunity for teens to streng...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/a-camp-for-the-next-generation-of-catholic-apologists

By Jennifer Fulwiler | I think I've been pregnant forever. Those due date calculator thingies put me at 31 weeks and four days, but I'm certain that it has to have been at least 50 weeks by now. ...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/6-reasons-not-to-say-youre-done

By Jennifer Fulwiler | The beginning of my religious conversion was a lonely time for me. I'd spent my whole life as an outsider to Christian circles, and it was hard to imagine that I could ever...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-atheists-pope

By Jennifer Fulwiler | When I was giving a talk early last year, two women in the front row caught my eye. They were about my age, nicely dressed, and seemed to be friends with one another. They ...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/those-catholic-women-who-use-contraception

By Jennifer Fulwiler | One interesting aspect of undergoing a dramatic conversion as an adult is that it's given me the opportunity to be deeply immersed in two rather different cultures. Up unti...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/5-secular-reasons-not-to-live-together-before-marriage

By Jennifer Fulwiler | Under what circumstances would you be okay with taking a human life? It's safe to say that most sane, law-abiding citizens abhor the thought of homicide; however, most of u...

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/you-have-to-be-terrified-to-justify-murder