http://www.ncregister.com/ Jennifer Fulwiler is a writer and speaker who converted to Catholicism after a life of atheism. She's a contributor to the books The Church and New Media and Atheist to Catholic: 11 Stories of Conversion, and is writing a book based on her personal blog, ConversionDiary.com. She and her husband live in Austin, TX with their five young children, and were featured in the nationally televised reality show Minor Revisions. You can follow her on Twitter at @conversiondiary. en NCRegister Copyright 2013 2013-05-23T10:40:35+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/TyT6JsgJ2FI/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-cold-cruel-fate-of-a-world-that-is-terrified-of-suffering/#When:2013-05-23 By Jennifer Fulwiler | Like many folks, I&#39;ve spent a lot of time this week keeping up with coverage of the horrific tornadoes that hit Moore, Oklahoma. As I looked through pictures in this article at the Daily Mail, it literally took my breath...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/TyT6JsgJ2FI" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-05-23 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-cold-cruel-fate-of-a-world-that-is-terrified-of-suffering/#When:2013-05-23 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/KnyTfAFTgvA/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-anonymous-stay-at-home-mom/#When:2013-05-15 By Jennifer Fulwiler | A while back I found myself at a social event where I didn&#39;t know many people, and I decided to try an experiment: For the first half of the event, when anyone asked the common icebreaker question, "What do you do?" I...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/KnyTfAFTgvA" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-05-15 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-anonymous-stay-at-home-mom/#When:2013-05-15 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/qTh8l-PUB94/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-keep-out-sign-on-the-family-home/#When:2013-05-1 By Jennifer Fulwiler | A few weeks ago, our front door broke. The handle became completely useless, to the point that there was no way at all to open the door. It was like Introvert Christmas. Salespeople, Jehovah's Witnesses, neighborhood kids...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/qTh8l-PUB94" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-05-1 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-keep-out-sign-on-the-family-home/#When:2013-05-1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/3dObA9g5Ca0/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-well-ordered-life/#When:2013-04-24 By Jennifer Fulwiler | It&#39;s been an interesting year here at the Fulwiler household (and by "interesting" I mean "absolutely insane, mostly in a bad way"). First, I was diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (blood clots) in both lungs while I was 24...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/3dObA9g5Ca0" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-04-24 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-well-ordered-life/#When:2013-04-24 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/7hy1rJFlCXU/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/praying-for-people-you-cant-pray-for/#When:2013-03-29 By Jennifer Fulwiler | A couple of years ago, a spiritual director gave me a hard assignment. I had just finished railing at him about someone with whom I was very angry. After marveling at the amazing odds that I, of all people, would just so...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/7hy1rJFlCXU" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-03-29 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/praying-for-people-you-cant-pray-for/#When:2013-03-29 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/z1awdy8sbmg/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/what-one-simple-meal-taught-me-about-the-vicious-cycle-of-consumption/#When:2013-03-27 By Jennifer Fulwiler | I didn&#39;t do much for Lent this year. As anyone who&#39;s followed the whining over at my personal blog knows, 2013 has already brought me a veritable cornucopia of opportunities for detachment from worldly pleasures and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/z1awdy8sbmg" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-03-27 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/what-one-simple-meal-taught-me-about-the-vicious-cycle-of-consumption/#When:2013-03-27 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/xsJmPAQGK7c/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/its-a-great-day-to-be-catholic/#When:2013-03-13 By Jennifer Fulwiler | On an April day in 2005, my husband and I turned on the television to watch some show, but the program had been interrupted by coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II. I switched to another channel, but that one was...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/xsJmPAQGK7c" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-03-13 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/its-a-great-day-to-be-catholic/#When:2013-03-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/ySrUj2uw1tI/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/why-love-is-the-secret-to-conversion/#When:2013-03-7 By Jennifer Fulwiler | "God is love." I heard the phrase countless times when I was growing up. Even as an atheist, I couldn&#39;t avoid the concept: I&#39;d see it on youth group pamphlets, bumper stickers, and the occasional Precious Moments figurine....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/ySrUj2uw1tI" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-03-7 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/why-love-is-the-secret-to-conversion/#When:2013-03-7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/ZNqNkaMvZfc/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/a-camp-for-the-next-generation-of-catholic-apologists/#When:2013-02-28 By Jennifer Fulwiler | When I first heard about the Envoy Institute&#39;s Catholic Apologetics Summer Camp, I immediately wanted to know more. It sounded like a unique opportunity for teens to strengthen their knowledge of the Faith before the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/ZNqNkaMvZfc" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-02-28 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/a-camp-for-the-next-generation-of-catholic-apologists/#When:2013-02-28 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/TZTAmw9mfsc/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/6-reasons-not-to-say-youre-done/#When:2013-02-20 By Jennifer Fulwiler | I think I&#39;ve been pregnant forever. Those due date calculator thingies put me at 31 weeks and four days, but I&#39;m certain that it has to have been at least 50 weeks by now. Also, has anyone heard reports of a rift in the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/TZTAmw9mfsc" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-02-20 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/6-reasons-not-to-say-youre-done/#When:2013-02-20 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/an6bMcx3bwQ/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-atheists-pope/#When:2013-02-13 By Jennifer Fulwiler | The beginning of my religious conversion was a lonely time for me. I&#39;d spent my whole life as an outsider to Christian circles, and it was hard to imagine that I could ever be comfortable being one of them, the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/an6bMcx3bwQ" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-02-13 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-atheists-pope/#When:2013-02-13 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/iicTa1rdZas/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/those-catholic-women-who-use-contraception/#When:2013-02-6 By Jennifer Fulwiler | When I was giving a talk early last year, two women in the front row caught my eye. They were about my age, nicely dressed, and seemed to be friends with one another. They attracted my attention because they radiated a...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/iicTa1rdZas" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-02-6 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/those-catholic-women-who-use-contraception/#When:2013-02-6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/PuGSSSXql4k/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/5-secular-reasons-not-to-live-together-before-marriage/#When:2013-01-30 By Jennifer Fulwiler | One interesting aspect of undergoing a dramatic conversion as an adult is that it&#39;s given me the opportunity to be deeply immersed in two rather different cultures. Up until my mid-20s, I was very much a part of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/PuGSSSXql4k" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-01-30 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/5-secular-reasons-not-to-live-together-before-marriage/#When:2013-01-30 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/a-F5-BrCMXY/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/you-have-to-be-terrified-to-justify-murder/#When:2013-01-28 By Jennifer Fulwiler | Under what circumstances would you be okay with taking a human life? It&#39;s safe to say that most sane, law-abiding citizens abhor the thought of homicide; however, most of us have a few narrow conditions under which we...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/a-F5-BrCMXY" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-01-28 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/you-have-to-be-terrified-to-justify-murder/#When:2013-01-28 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~3/aHbxcjtxOBM/ http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-enemy-of-sex/#When:2013-01-23 By Jennifer Fulwiler | A version of this post was originally published at my personal blog as How I Became Pro-Life. I wanted to run it here in honor of this weekend&#39;s March for Life. (Note:&nbsp;It includes a graphic description of abortion.) Who...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NCRegister/JenniferFulwiler/~4/aHbxcjtxOBM" height="1" width="1"/> 2013-01-23 http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jennifer-fulwiler/the-enemy-of-sex/#When:2013-01-23