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ThAT 12: TIME after TIME Misunderstanding Fertility

By On October 27, 2011 · 3 Comments

TIME after TIME…partial information

[That's right. The title & header are both references to the Cyndi Lauper song & TIME magazine's penchant for publishing half-done back pats.]

Earlier this week TIME’s Health blog [...]

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Handwritten Note From Mrs. Blair

ThAT 11: Cherie Blair Update

By On October 20, 2010 · 15 Comments

Even though I wrote this original post a couple weeks after I heard that wife of former Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair, Mrs. Cherie Blair, in early spring, I didn’t send my own letter and informational “care package” until May. I sent her [...]

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ThAT 10: 77-88% Effectiveness

By On September 30, 2010 · 10 Comments

So, I’m doing my best get back into the swing of things, and to regain my sanity in my free time. Think Again Thursdays are back. We’ll start out nice and easy. Stay tuned for the post about the note I got from Cherie Blair, wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who wrote [...]

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ThAT 8: Learn NFP from an article!

By On March 4, 2010 · 8 Comments

Hey, I’m all for freelance writing. You may know I’m also for NFP.

However, I’m not for learning NFP from an article, let alone an article that’s 600 words.

While I admire this writer’s courage and innovation [...]

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ThAT 7: Nominate a TOB Hero!

By On February 25, 2010 · 2 Comments

This Thursday’s ThAT post is a positive one. Normally, ThAT’s are for email writing or combox campaigns for people to change erroneous opinions or public information on Natural Family Planning, but this week, I invite you to

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ThAT 6: More Yahoo NFP questions

By On January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Hey, friends, you did such a great job last week, would you mind jumping in again to help out another NFP-curious questioner at Yahoo:

Has anyone every tried (or is trying) natural family planning? I would like to know how effective it is and would to hear success stories about it. Please do not [...]

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ThAT 5: Would You Use NFP?

By On January 21, 2010 · 7 Comments

Think Again Thursday Five: Would YOU use NFP?

Someone on the Yahoo Answers site has asked an open question: “Would you use NFP? Just curious because I went to one of those seminars put on by the Catholic Church.” My guess is [...]

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Planned Parenthood Exec: Choice Includes NFP

By On January 19, 2010 · 9 Comments

Prologue: I’ve updated the Think Again Thursdays Update with my comments on Rachel Bereit’s letter to NFPers.

The organization that got its name from family planning has at least one franchise exec who’s actually aware of planning *and* families. 

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Think Again Thursday (ThAT): Updates

By On January 14, 2010 · 20 Comments

Update: I added my comments within Rachel’s text below in bold.

ThAT 1: Rachel Arbeit’s ridiculous letter on Birth Control, defaming NFP

Follow Up: Evidently several of my readers and I commented on RB’s blog, but she never published the comments, instead publishing her only ridiculous [...]

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Think Again Thursday #4: The Bump

By On January 7, 2010 · 4 Comments

Many engaged and married couples are familiar with The Knot, a well put together wedding planning ezine site. Sometime in the last couple years, The Knot developed two spin-off sites, The Nest and the Bump, ezines on home and pregnancy/family, respectively.

Last year I found a forum post

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Think Again Thursday #3 (belated)

By On January 5, 2010 · 4 Comments

Here’s the belated Think Again Thursday post, and one I’ve wanted to do for a couple weeks since I read about Cherie Blair’s latest verbal blunder regarding family planning.

Now Mrs. Blair’s no rookie in the Church [...]

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Think Again Thursday #2

By On December 24, 2009 · 7 Comments

This weeks entry perhaps has less volatility and more accountability than last week’s foray into unfriendly territory. My next focus is the Mayo Clinic web site, particularly their section on Birth Control. It’s not entirely incorrect, but I will invite you to invite [...]

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