The Accommodation
The White House issued an accommodation Friday exempting religious employers from having to pay for contraceptive services in their insurance policies. When I heard this…
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Baby Boom 2014
Like any young couple with a growing family, Brandon and I have been discerning and having monthly conversations about when we should have our next…
Reform and the Church (Health Care Part 2)
Our baby is due mid-February and in last week’s post I wrote about how our health insurance plan does not cover maternity care. In fact,…
An Uninsured Pregnancy (Health Care Part 1)
An uninsured pregnancy. Definitely not a boat expectant parents want to find themselves in. The common perception when you hear those two words together is…
Health Care Reform and Catholicism Revisited
Thousands of you read, responded to and shared my August piece about the health care debate and Catholicism. We are now in the final phase…
For I Was Ill and You Cared For Me
People of faith are not of one political party or the other — not all conservative or all progressive, all right or all left. But most people of faith believe as a core principle that we should love one another and care for one another — that this is how we express Divine Love.