Anna at Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife asked if I’d write an article on Motherhood for her blog, which I did. Such an honor.
You can find that article posted over there today!
How to View Children: Audio lecture
November 16th, 2014 by Aubri
There are good ways and bad ways at going about sharing your views on child prevention aka birth control. I’ve addressed it a bit on this blog, but I don’t do that much because I believe it’s an issue better left in the hands of theologians and the Holy Spirit. Obvious to most of you is the fact that Phil and I do not use any forms of child prevention, I did write on that here, but when it comes to discussing it with others, this topic is an emotional land-mine I pretty much avoid.
My series on Fertility in a Fallen World was started as a way to gently open discussion on the issue and as a way to encourage all women who have deeply struggled with procreation. As anyone who is married knows, we must all make some hard decisions about procreation, there’s no way around it.
So with that said, I wanted to share a paper with you all that Phil wrote on the issue titled: “The Logic, Ideology, and Ascendancy of Child Prevention.” He presented this paper at the Nebraska Lutheran Confession Series at Good Shepherd, Lincoln this past Thursday.
It deals with Margret Sanger and her program of family planning and how her influence has changed how Americans talk and think about children. And how Christians are called to view children.
Here is the edited audio:
Here is the same, with a download link to the mp3:
The full paper is here if you’d prefer to read it while you listen which is what the original audience did:
Keeping Advent
November 14th, 2014 by Aubri
*Sorry about the spacing on this post, I couldn’t fix it! I’m sure I’m the only one that gets annoyed by post spacing….
Advent is quickly approaching! As I begin to plan what our family will be doing I thought I’d share what we have done in the past, activities which are becoming our traditions.
I’m one of those people who really want to start pumping out the Christmas carols as soon as Halloween is over. To be honest, I’m also tempted to blast them in June. So holding off on Christmas while it’s still Advent is very hard for me but every year I make it a goal of mine to wait. I find that waiting is hard but fitting.
We are reminded in Advent of how we are waiting for Christ’s return. We are waiting through Advent to celebrate our Savior’s birth on Christmas Day. And isn’t the Feast always much more rewarding after a Fast? My putting off Christmas until the actual season is a kind of fast for me.
Putting off the Christmas celebration is made even more difficult once my family and I step out of the door. Our school has its Christmas program in early December, my children bring home their Christmas crafts from school throughout Advent and of course every house around us is completely decked out in Christmas finery.
So how do we “keep Advent” in our family?
St. Martin of Tours – November 11
November 12th, 2014 by Aubri
November 11th is the commemoration of St. Martin of Tours.
“Today we commemorate St. Martin of Tours (after whom Martin Luther was named, having been baptized on this day in 1483) who was born in Hungary, lived in northern Italy, and served as an orthodox defender of the Nicene Creed in southern France during the fourth century. As a youth he was enamored with the Christian message, a cause of separation from his pagan parents. As a young man in the Roman army (cavalry) he could have advanced in society, but leaned toward pacifism and so eventually left that calling in the military and pursued poverty, care for the poor, and defense of the faith. Martin wanted to be a soldier for Christ, the Prince of Peace.” Rev. Matthew Johnson
