by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 11, 2023 | Church, Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
Openness to life offers the freedom of surrender and control working together. With Natural Family Planning must come the understanding of openness to life. Earlier this week, we talked about practicing NFP. It can be found here: ...
by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 9, 2023 | Family Life, Health, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Teachings
Whether you are engaged or already married, the conversation of practicing NFP will arise at some point. Receiving some certification of training in Natural Family Planning is a requirement to be married in the Catholic Church. But, the journey of practicing NFP looks...
by Michelle C. Martin | Jul 19, 2023 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting
Work Before Being Engaged and Married: If you are planning to get engaged and married, don’t be this couple: “You got married without talking about if you want to have kids?!” Terry Crews’ character in Brooklyn Nine-Nine says this, and it makes me laugh without...
by Michelle C. Martin | Mar 28, 2023 | Baptism Prep, Family Life, Parenting, Society
Joshua and I have learned from our parents that people love to ask, “Do you know what causes that?” when they learn that you have, in their opinion, “too many babies.” U.S. families are small: the average number of children per household is two. Most people just...
by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 21, 2022 | Church, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Questions, Society, Teachings
In the last two years, I’ve known a lot of engaged and newly married couples. Everyone has their own attitude about Catholic Marriage Prep (Pre-Cana) and NFP. Some are enthusiastic and see it as a perfect “practice round” for their marriage while others...
