marriage
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What Marriage Could Learn From Holy Orders
WIT again welcomes guest poster Sarah Elizabeth Smith. Sarah’s bio can be found at the top of her first post with us here. I often wonder at why our culture celebrates people for getting married having only known each other for… Continue reading
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Hands and Feet
This image of the body of believers as the hands and feet of Christ—or as a cosmic chain of humanity encircled by Christ, rendering directionality moot—is expansive, both deep and wide, and resonant for the 21st century. Note that “yours”… Continue reading
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A Trophy or a Drug? Sex and the Eucharist in Pope Francis’s Pastoral Letter on the Family
In the contemporary Catholic church, debates about sexual ethics often underlie debates about the Eucharist and vice versa. No wonder then that the pope’s recent pastoral letter, Amoris Laetitia–a document that focuses explicitly on whether certain sexual sinners should be allowed… Continue reading
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Sex And Social Justice At the Synod on the Family
The Synod of Bishops on the Family has begun. Pope Francis convened this synod nearly a year ago in order to address “concerns which were unheard of until a few years ago,” including but not limited to phenomena like “the… Continue reading
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Jesus Had A Wife!? Why Is Everyone Freaking Out?
Before we rush to re-assure ourselves that Jesus was never married, I wish we would take King’s advice and ask ourselves why Jesus’ sexual and relational life matters so much and what is at stake. This discovery also provides a… Continue reading
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Can Paul Be Wrong? Wrestling With the Feast of the Holy Family
Yesterday, December 29th, Catholic parishes all over the world celebrated the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. To mark this feast, lectors read the following Scriptural passages: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Col 3: 12-21; Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23.… Continue reading
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How Should White Advocates of LGBT Rights Speak About Black History?
In 1996, famed Civil Rights leader John Lewis was one of very few Congressional representatives to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). It passed the House by a vote of 432 to 67. The U.S. Senate affirmed it… Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: the Papal Birth Control Commission
This is the third in a series of posts featuring some women’s experience with natural family planning. The first two stories can be read here and here. For the post that originally inspired this project, click here. To read about… Continue reading
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Women Speak About Natural Family Planning: K’s Story
This is the second in a series of posts featuring some women’s experience with natural family planning. The first can be read here. For the post that originally inspired this project, click here. To read about the purpose of and… Continue reading