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1st week of Advent: Stay awake with hope
“Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let..

Lauren Allen
Nov 30, 20223 min read


Learning to accept God’s will through infertility
It is a surreal feeling to have your worst fear come true. From the time I was a little girl, all I wanted when I grew up was to be a wife..

Katie Wilson
Nov 23, 20227 min read


Here we go again
The reality is that infertility has no finish line. If you’ve carried the cross of infertility and were able to give birth, you’ve...

Lauren Allen
Nov 1, 20223 min read


When suffering and trust co-exist
So, fear not sister. In those places of littleness and longing and emptiness, press into TRUST. And please know that in the remaining days..

Faith Downing
Oct 25, 20224 min read


I don't know where else to go but Calvary
I don’t know where else to go but Calvary. The place where redemptive suffering consumes every broken heart that God has ever and will ...

Jana Zuniga Pingel
Sep 13, 20223 min read


Waiting for fruitfulness: infertility before marriage
do not get lost in the wait for the next painful part of your infertility journey. Take a deep breath, pray, and let yourself be loved...

C. J. Parke
Sep 6, 20224 min read


Back to school: time to pack your backpack!
The smell of freshly sharpened pencils, completely white sneakers, cute haircuts and junior high nerves is what comes to mind for me when...

Lauren Allen
Aug 16, 20224 min read


My week in Omaha: surgery at the Pope Paul VI Institute
If you deal with infertility, you live in the US and you use the Creighton method of NFP, there is a chance you may eventually pass...

Chelsea Voboril
Jul 19, 202210 min read


St. Maria Goretti: a model of forgiveness and mercy
In the midst of infertility, infant loss and miscarriage, we may initially feel without hope, lost and angry. Our saintly sister reminds...
Victoria
Jul 5, 20222 min read


God’s faithfulness during unanswered prayers
“God, where are You? Why aren’t You answering? Why aren’t You helping us? We are doing our part - why aren’t you doing Yours?” ...

Ellen H.
Jun 21, 20225 min read


If God is in the details, why am I still waiting?
But what happens when the signs stop appearing? When the snacks stop coming, we’re aching with hunger and can’t see any meals on the way...

thefruitfulhollow
Jun 7, 20227 min read


How to get involved in the pro-life movement
Recently, a draft majority opinion was leaked from within the Supreme Court of the United States, indicating that Roe v. Wade, the 1973...

Rachel Bush
May 24, 20224 min read


Sidewalk chalk and God's love
I said a silent prayer that I would feel God holding me today. After waiting until the last possible second, I gathered my courage to walk

Lauren Allen
May 17, 20222 min read


10 things you should know if you’re trying to conceive
If you and your spouse have recently decided to grow your family, congratulations! What an exciting time in your marriage! We know that...

thefruitfulhollow
Apr 26, 202210 min read


Divine Mercy: Jesus, I trust in You!
Surrender and trust don’t come easy to the busy human intellect, anxiously completing tasks off a checklist, taking on responsibility that..

Brittany Wahhab
Apr 19, 20226 min read


RESOURCE: Spring Clean Your Life (spiritually, emotionally and physically)
There’s something about the early morning birdsong, the melting snow, the rising temperatures, blooming flowers and increased daylight...

Ellen H.
Apr 5, 20225 min read


Infertility Stations of the Cross
We are honored to share this reflection on the Stations of the Cross through the lens of infertility. It is a collaborative effort of...

thefruitfulhollow
Mar 30, 202211 min read


Overcoming infertility trauma
The devil is so cunning, isn’t he? Satan takes elements of truth and twists them in such a way that we suspend our free will because we...

Kristin D.
Mar 15, 20225 min read


Infertility, then pregnancy: a story of suffering and surrender
Sometimes something hurts so much that all you can do is cry. Honestly, it’s reassuring that there are so many women in the Bible who...

Elizabeth Miller, LMSW
Feb 16, 20229 min read


Healing the whole person: stories of spiritual, emotional and physical healing
"Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." (James 5:14-15) In his epistle, St. James urges us to turn to the Church in our times of sickness, and we know that sickness can be spiritual, emotional and physical. On the bumpy road of infertility,

Jennifer Nelson
Jan 12, 20226 min read
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