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Kelly Crawford | April 29, 2010
Sometimes I think I’m not a very good mother. The lies are whispered, comparisons made, and I can start to sink in a mire of self-pity. But a new day dawns and not being one given to despair, I shake my fist at the enemy of my soul and remember “greater is He that is [...]
Kelly Crawford | April 28, 2010
Photo of a flower from the beautiful bouquet that my sweet friend (thank you Susan!) brought last week. Now the bouquet is hanging on my living room wall to dry. I will think of her friendship each time I see it. Flowers are a great way to bless someone. Simple, frugal ideas to make your [...]
Jasmine Baucham | April 27, 2010
I am a huge fan of musicals. Despite the fact that, on the whole, they have a reputation for being plotless movies dedicated solely to the brilliance of technicolor, the choreography, and, at times, the singing, that particular brand of film really appeals to me. In spite of their faults, my favorite actor is Gene [...]
Amy R | April 26, 2010
Psalm 127:3-5: Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 26, 2010
A revealing article in Newsweek shows the abortion rights movement in the United States painfully aware of its ageing leadership and lack of traction amongst young adults. NARAL president Nancy Keenan and others concede that they have failed to address the “moral complexity” of abortion, something that even pro-choice young people now take on board…. [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 26, 2010
I’ve got an article that’s been slowly bubbling in the back of my brain as I go about my daily activities, but it’s going to take me some time to get it into readable form. There’s a lot being said about the anniversary of The Pill this month — mostly by feminists praising it for [...]
Anna T | April 25, 2010
I’m not a superwoman. Perhaps there are women out there who work full-time outside the home, whose homes are still clean and immaculate, and who put three good homemade meals on the table every day. I know in many cases it’s a facade of having it all, which is hiding severe burn-out and incapability to [...]
Mrs. Eva H. | April 23, 2010
I like food. Where I grew up, food was and is an enormous part of the culture. We go to restaurants much less but take our time for meals. My mother is a great cook, and, while I was rather reluctant to learn at a young age, once I became a student, I made up for that [...]
Tess Bomac | April 23, 2010
At my annual review yesterday, my principal gave me quite the compliment. He said, “I love the way you make everyone around you want to be smarter. I finish talking to you and I think to myself, ‘I’ve got to read more!’” We talked about that for a bit, and I realized that the thing [...]
Joy N | April 22, 2010
A cartoonist posted this in his blog a few days ago: You know what this is? It’s a sculpture by Blake Fall-Conroy, the Minimum Wage Machine. From the site: The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY [...]
Mrs. June Fuentes | April 22, 2010
Recently a mother wrote me and inquired: “What do I do if I have waited too long to teach my older daughter homemaking skills and now she is not interested. Is it too late? What do I do now?”
Kelly Crawford | April 22, 2010
Ask most people how they measure the success of their church and “growth” is almost always the first answer. We generally acknowledge that a church “bursting at the seams” is doing well, while a church whose members are dwindling is looked upon as a sad, unfortunate plight. And while there is a whole different discussion [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 22, 2010
Where’s the outcry from feminists? HIV/AIDS is killing millions of women and children, so you’d think “women’s health” organizations would be the first in line to find a way to end its spread. Apparently not if it means ditching the “freedom” of hormonal contraceptives…. More than 50 medical studies, to date, have investigated the association [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 21, 2010
Every now and again, even I get shell-shocked by what I see in the broader culture. Having come out of feminism 15 years ago and having read hundreds of books and thousands of articles on feminism, society, culture, and the family, you’d think nothing would surprise me. But sometimes God just pops my eyes open [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 20, 2010
With many fourth-wave feminists in favor of pornography as “empowerment,” it’s baffling to figure out how to protest the stuff these days. Dozens of feminist blogs celebrate the “freedom” of pornography, leaving you to wonder what happened to the female brain this century. Thankfully, there are a lot of women out there (including feminists) who [...]
