The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning

The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning

The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning

The Sinner's Guide to Natural Family Planning

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Overview

So, you've decided to use Natural Family Planning.

Has it blessed your marriage? Deepened your respect for your body? Has it made your sex life fantastic?

Do you and your spouse hold hands at sunset, and do pink flowers grow around your marital bed?

If so, this book is not for you.

But if you've tried Natural Family Planning and have discovered that your life is now awful - or if you feel judged or judgey, or if you trust NFP but your doctor doesn't, or if just you're trying to figure out how the heck to have a sex life that is holy but still human - you'll find comfort, encouragement, honesty, wit, and, most importantly, practical advice in The Sinner's Guide to NFP.

In a series of funny, frank, and profound essays, popular Catholic blogger and mother of nine Simcha Fisher shows what it's really like to practice NFP, and how to achieve those fabled "marriage building" benefits.

The Sinner's Guide to NFP helps you with:

  • NFP and your spiritual life
  • NFP and the rest of the world
  • NFP in the trenches

An easy and lively read, thoroughly grounded in orthodox Catholic theology, this book is packed with refreshingly frank insights about sex, love, and marriage. The next time you ask yourself, "If NFP is wonderful, why am I so miserable?" - don't panic. The Sinner's Guide to NFP is here to help.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781536644104
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 01/24/2017
Edition description: Unabridged
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why This Book, and What It's Not 11

Part I NFP and Your Spiritual Life

Chapter 1 Why Doesn't the Church Just Make a List? 17

Chapter 2 Making Room 24

Chapter 3 The Golden Box 27

Chapter 4 NFP, Providentialism, and Future-You 33

Chapter 5 No Petty Virtues 36

Chapter 6 Examination of Conscience for Those Using NFP 39

Chapter 7 Is It Really Okay to Laugh about Sex? 42

Part II NFP and the Rest of the World

Chapter 8 Prudence and Generosity in Public Conversation 49

Chapter 9 You Don't Know 53

Chapter 10 What Do We Tell Our Kids (and Ourselves) about Sex? 57

Chapter 11 The Worst Possible System, Except for All the Others 62

Chapter 12 Ask Your Doctor If Irreversible Mutilation Is Right for You! 66

Part III NFP in the Trenches

Chapter 13 Why NFP Hurts 73

Chapter 14 How to Ruin Your Marriage with NFP 78

Chapter 15 The Tangled Chain: Pursuing Chastity in Marriage 84

Chapter 16 Groping Toward Chastity 91

Chapter 17 But What about the Woman? Part One: Does God Just Hate Women, or What? 96

Chapter 18 But What about the Woman? Part Two: So What Do We Do about It? 102

Chapter 19 How to Have a Difficult Conversation with Your Husband 111

Chapter 20 How to Help Your Husband with NFP 114

Chapter 21 What's So Natural about Natural Family Planning? 120

Acknowledgments 125

Credits 127

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