This guest post was written by Nicky Schauder of Permaculture Gardens. In today’s fast-paced world, finding a moment of peace can often seem like a herculean task. Yet, amid the chaos, nature always allows us to slow down, to reconnect with ourselves and the divine. This is never more true than in the garden. For […]
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Let’s discuss the topic of body stewardship and what it means in our culture today. A note from Katie: When we think about body stewardship, and what we can see externally, I do want you to understand that both Mary and I know that everyone who is obese isn’t necessarily in control of that external
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Last week, I posted a personal story on my public Facebook page.This page has nearly 100,000 followers, but generally gets somewhere between one and eight “likes” on any given…
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I’ve talked about the importance of baby steps for years: Taking small steps, making small individual improvements, to get your family ever closer to real food and natural living goals. But what if it were possible to baby step your way right off a cliff? Can even baby steps be taken too far? When I
It all started with the apple. Adam and Eve were given one rule: Don’t eat the apple. They had a simple choice to make: To eat or not to eat. And then Satan complicated things with pride, envy, selfishness and the temptation of being like a god. They messed up. They ate the apple. And
It seems like we live in a world where everyone thinks they have a right to an opinion about everyone else’s family size (and parenting strategies, but that’s another post entirely). Many people think two is the most appropriate number and are fascinated by asking the question, “Are you done now?” Some Catholics get a
“I don’t even want to go to a barbecue at my boss’s house this summer, because it might not be any fun with all our food restrictions,” my husband admitted to me last week. “What if they offer the kids a juice pouch, or the dreaded freezer pops with artificial colors? And then there’s the
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Can you afford another child? People are really thinking about finances when they make decisions about conception, and many struggle with being a working mother vs. staying at home. I hear this more often that you’d think: “I wish I could make more homemade foods, but I just don’t have time with working all day.”
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Think God should stay out of your bedroom? That being naked is shameful? Pope John Paul II and Christopher West have something better for you. This series on the Theology of the Body is simply my summary and reactions to West’s 8-part presentation via video and workbook on JPII’s Theology of the Body, 129 talks
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Boy, am I glad that I wrote up session four soon after hearing Christopher West speak! Not so for this session, which is a distant memory and chicken-scratch notes. My apologies if this summary is slightly spotty or incoherent, and apologies too for the two-week break on this series. I actually missed a day of
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Is it possible to practice yoga as a faithful Catholic? Every time I mention yoga here at Kitchen Stewardship®, like I did in this post about harnessing the power in a woman’s natural cycle, I receive feedback challenging me to look into the issue and find that Catholic Church teaching explicitly forbids yoga. As I
