The sinner's guide to natural family planning
By: by Simcha Fisher
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Huntington, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781612787879
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Natural family planning; Birth control; Catholic Church; Sex; Christianity; Sexualité; Aspect religieux; Christianisme
Description: "[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 you're just 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 important, practical advice in [this book]"--Back cover
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why this book, and what it's not; title: Part one: NFP and your spiritual life (1. Why doesn't the Church just make a list? ; 2. Making room ; 3. The golden box ; 4. NFP, providentialism, and future-you ; 5. No petty virtues ; 6. Examination of conscience for those using NFP ; 7. Is it really okay to laugh about sex?); title: Part two: NFP and the rest of the world (8. Prudence and generosity in public conversation ; 9. You don't know ; 10. What do we tell our kids (and ourselves) about sex? ; 11. The worst possible system, except for all the others ; 12. Ask your doctor if irreversible mutilation is right for you); title: Part three: NFP in the trenches (13. Why NFP hurts ; 14. How to ruin your marriage with NFP ; 15. The tangled chain: pursuing chastity in marriage ; 16. Groping toward chastity ; 17. But what about the woman? part one: Does God just hate women, or what? ; 18. But what about the woman? part two: So what do we do about it? ; 19. How to have a difficult conversation with your husband ; 20. How to help your husband with NFP ; 21. So what's natural about NFP?)