Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in Political Philosophy & Drama. She holds an MA in Political Theory from Catholic University and pre-children worked a variety of non-profit jobs, including as a pro-life lobbyist and later director of the Center for Family Development in Bethesda, MD. Rebecca now writes from home, with special interest in marriage and family issues, whatever the Pope is doing, retrieving Lego bricks from underfoot, and homemade pie.
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Convention Watcher?
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Are you tuning in to the GOP national convention this week?
My field of study was political philosophy and I make a sort of hobby of studying rhetoric, so I confess to being a speech junkie.
Even speeches that make my blood boil I find it interesting to analyze (as objectively as I can). I’ll be watching both conventions as much as possible. I actually like them.
Above is Ann Romney’s speech last night introducing her husband and addressing the women of America in a special way.
I would love to know your impressions.
What do you like, what do you not like?
No matter how you intend to vote, does her message for women and mothers resonate with you?
Message of Mercy
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, August 24, 2012
A local radio host here in DC took a powerful phone call earlier this week from a man who went searching for his birth mother and discovered he was conceived in rape.
The story needs no embellishment; give a listen.
Blessed Are They That Mourn
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, August 23, 2012
It has been an agonizing week in our close-knit community.
On the vigil of the Assumption, the 6-year-old son of a beautiful young couple in our neighborhood suffered a trauma and hovered by a thread in the sacred space between life and death for five days before succumbing this past Sunday.
It has been a long slog of hoping and praying for the best but bracing for the worst and we are all so broken-hearted... READ MORE
Love Your Enemies
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Do you ever think God is trying to show you something but you haven’t quite grasped what it is?
A week ago I was all set to post about the odd coincidence of the passing of Cosmo girl Helen Gurley Brown on the same day as Nellie Gray, founder of the March for Life.
The juxtaposition of those two lives brought to mind the passing of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana within a few days of each other... READ MORE
Daddy Skills
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, August 18, 2012
Thought you might find this video of two rappers musing over one’s evolution into a dad amusing.
(Beware the word “damn” and one naughtier word implied, but not said.)
After the Assumption
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Friday, August 17, 2012
I know it’s two days past, but I keep stumbling on cool things related to the Assumption, so there.
Here are some of them.
Via Happy Catholic I found the Anchoress blinding us with science.
Specifically she connects the phenomenon of microchimerism—by which each child leaves a microscopic part of himself within his mother—to the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption.
It’s nothing definitive, just... READ MORE
I Have To Ask
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, August 16, 2012
I’m curious to know what this readership’s spontaneous response to Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate was.
Did you see his speech the morning the announcement was made? What did you think?
Comment away—but I ask you a favor.
For purposes of this post I’m interested in a snapshot of what people really thought, so please just let people have their say without getting into debate in the comment box.
The video above is the Q&A session after Ryan gave the Whittington Lecture at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute last May—before he’d been selected to run for VP.
Gymnastics Then & Now
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Saturday, August 11, 2012
Before we bid the Olympics farewell, here’s a video showing the progression of skills in gymnastics from 1950 to now.
Angry Lovebirds
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Friday, August 10, 2012
Did you catch Dorian Speed’s excellent post on coping with conflict in marriage?
She offers 7 great tips for dealing with conflict in marriage, as well as a link to another post with 10 more ideas.
Two of the points she makes caught my attention, particularly her observation that conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Obviously perpetual bitter bickering between a husband and wife is a sign something... READ MORE
7 Minutes to Mars
Faith and Family Live! | Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, August 06, 2012
Last night NASA landed a new rover, Curiosity, on Mars.
Here’s a very cool video explaining exactly what a marvelous feat that is.
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