One particularly painful manifestation of toxic positivity and prosperity Gospel in Christian infertility circles is the emphasis that every couple in scripture who experienced infertility eventually had a child. We should remember that for every barren woman turned mother in scripture, many others were never blessed with children. When we present only the “success stories,” we inadvertently suggest that those still waiting simply haven’t waited long enough or prayed hard eno

This year at The Fruitful Hollow, our theme is "fruitfulness in your home and marriage". We are exploring ways we can exercise fruitfulness in our domestic church, physical home, hobbies, relationships and wider family, even in times of darkness. This week we're extending that to our places of work, wherever those may be.

In my journey through the Christian life, certain spiritual mentors have guided and shaped me in profound ways. In college, it was St. John Paul II whose rich writings I studied under the gentle wisdom of a small but mighty gray-haired priest with an effusive smile. My faith was deepened in a way it never had been, and Pope John Paul II's death marked one of those days when you remember exactly where you were when you heard the news. After college it was Henri Nouwen whose te