Columnists
Leah Jacobson

Raising Patriots

This past week my husband and I packed our five young children into a conversion van and drove about 1400 miles round-trip to visit the

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Women's Issues
Leah Jacobson

What is a “New Feminist”?

Perhaps you have heard the term and have been wondering about what this “New Feminism” stuff  is all about. Many have pegged it a “Catholic-thing”

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

What Was She Wearing?

Recently I’ve come across several posts on the internet addressing the question of rape and whether or not we are victim blaming in asking questions

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New Media
Leah Jacobson

#Ivoted

So wow. How about that election, huh? Don’t worry all you election weary people; this post is not going to go into a political recap

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Bioethics
Leah Jacobson

Embryo Adoption: Is it OK?

The short answer to the very complex question posed in the title of this article is this: We actually don’t know, yet. That is to

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Career
Leah Jacobson

Guiding Stars

There are many reasons I haven’t written too much about the project in my life that gets the majority of my free time and mental

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Women's Issues
Leah Jacobson

Wonderfully Made

The Catholic Church loves women! I know that statement mystifies and angers some people in our society. If you are such a person, I encourage

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

My Voice

A few weeks ago I was asked to do an interview for a local women’s magazine that is published quarterly here in MN.  Since the

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

NEEDED: Motherhood

Greetings Ignitum readers! My apologies for missing my last posting here a few weeks back. I’m sure you were all wondering where I was (uhh hum) and/or

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

Labor Lessons

When I first became pregnant at 22 years old I really didn’t understand or appreciate the miracle that was taking place within my body and

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Catholic Education
Leah Jacobson

Heads or Tails?

Roughly a decade ago (ok, yes I KNOW it has been longer than ten years, but humor me here), I was making my final decision

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

A Letter to Henry

*I want to note that the other Featured Blogger today, Bonnie Engstrom, and I did not know what topic the other was writing about.  Sometimes the

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

New Feminism is True Feminism

Feminist. The f-word of femininity. Ok, maybe that’s a little over the top and not exactly true, but stay with me for a second here. 

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Columnists
Leah Jacobson

Pray for us sinners

Last time I wrote here at Ignitum Today, I shared with you that I am expecting a new baby this spring and that I was experiencing the

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