Category Archives: Nikki

A Few Thoughts on the Sacraments

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Nikki

There were about five million topics of which Jason and I just scratched the surface when we were on the Journey Home so I wanted to give a little detail on at least one of them. Maybe in the future … Continue reading →

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Our Journey Home Appearance – February 10 on EWTN

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Jason

We are excited, and honored, to be scheduled to appear on The Journey Home at 8 ET, Monday, February 10, on EWTN.  We watched A LOT of The Journey Home as we traveled our road to Rome, and it was … Continue reading →

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The Reformation Crashed Our Party

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Nikki

As our daughter prepared to celebrate her First Communion, I was somewhat conflicted about how we would celebrate. What came to mind first was all the stories I heard as a grade-schooler from my Catholic friends about their big Communion … Continue reading →

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The Final Installment: Lame Lies about Women and the Catholic Response to Said Lameness I Find Compelling

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Nikki

Greetings from your occasional-blogging friend. Life has been crazy busy here and I haven’t written as much as I would like to but seeing that this is the month in which we honor mothers, as well as Mary, the Mother of the Church, I really wanted to … Continue reading →

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…and now that you’re Catholic

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Nikki

Like Jason said in his last post, it’s difficult to tell who reads our blog- Cradle Catholics, resolute non-Catholics, reverts, potential Catholics, but since there have been a lot of comments from people on the verge of making the jump into Catholicism (yay!!!), … Continue reading →

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Lame Lies about Women and the Catholic Response I Find Compelling part 2

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Nikki

In my last post I covered the lie that motherhood is nice but perhaps a little lesser on the playing field of what a woman can “do”. This time around I want to step back and talk about a lie … Continue reading →

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7 Quick Takes (Christmas Edition!)

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Nikki

— 1 — Advent is nearly over and it has been a wonderful time of reflection for our family. However, (there’s always a however, isn’t there?) since this was our first Catholic Advent and we were kind of low-key, there are … Continue reading →

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Lame Lies about Women and the Catholic Response to Said Lameness that I Find Compelling

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Nikki

I don’t know how to put this delicately, so I won’t: As a Protestant woman who stays home with my children, I felt thrown under the bus by the church. I came to realize that among the multiplicity of “theologies” about women, … Continue reading →

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7 Quick Takes (Advent has begun!)

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Nikki

— 1 — It’s so exciting to start the Advent season. We’ve been lighting our wreath (almost) every night and I think we’ve finally managed to successfully convey to the kids that they are not allowed to light the candles. We … Continue reading →

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7 Quick Takes (Veterans Day Edition)

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Nikki

— 1 — I will continue to harp on the wonderfulness of Fr. Barron’s Catholicism series, which is in its 3rd production of DVD’s due to high demand. Even my non-Catholic dad has given up his routine Thursday night NBC … Continue reading →

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