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Jennifer McBride | July 14, 2011
A must read. This beautful and powerful post from Rachel Jankovic reminds us that in dying, we truly live: But a Christian should have a different paradigm. We should run to to the cross. To death. So lay down your hopes. Lay down your future. Lay down your petty annoyances. Lay down your desire to [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 14, 2011
From an article shared on Jill Stanek’s blog: In the course of events, every second abortion produces a dead female fetus (which the sisters accept as collateral damage) but this new statistic means something different: the culling of females, because they are female, for no other discernible cause. … Murder is one thing, but an [...]
Kristen Sosebee | July 14, 2011
“‘But of course!’ said the Spirit, shining with love and mirth so that my eyes were dazzled. ‘That’s what we all find when we reach this country. We’ve all been wrong! That’s the great joke. There’s no need to go on pretending one was right! After that we begin living.’” ~ The Great Divorce, C.S. [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 14, 2011
This is an absolutely excellent post from Brett and Kate McKay of The Art of Manliness (and applies as much to ladies as it does to gents): A gentleman treats others with dignity and respect, regardless of the kind of forum in which he participates. He treats life’s fellow travelers as he himself would like [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 12, 2011
A most encouraging commentary from The Washington Post: The Open Marriage, by Nena and George O’Neill, was published in 1972, as the sexual revolution gathered steam in America. The best-selling book encouraged spouses to “to strip marriage of its antiquated ideals” and, most famously in one chapter, to explore sexual partnerships outside their marriage, if [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 12, 2011
Something you won’t find Planned Parenthood or NOW tripping over themselves to announce any time soon, despite the obvious health risks to women: When they were approved by regulators, the pills were considered an advance over older forms of oral contraceptives because they were taken for 24 days rather than the usual 21, which was [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 11, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan at Mercatornet: Writer Erica Jong, one of the flag-bearers of the sexual revolution, wonders, in the New York Times, why her daughter’s generation is not interested in sex. Sexual passion, that is. “Fear Of Flying” stuff, perhaps, though I have never read her famous women’s lib tract. She first discovered the shocking [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 11, 2011
From Don Feder’s speech at the Moscow Demography Summit: Worldwide, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) – the number of children the average woman will have during her lifetime – fell from 5.0 in the mid-1960s to 2.7 today, a decline of almost 50%. We’re told that 59 countries, with 44% of the world’s population, now [...]
Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin | July 9, 2011
Over the past year and a half we have had the privilege of watching two of our brothers humbly and prayerfully consider the decision to marry their future brides. Their examples have taught us a lot about discerning the Lord’s will and studying Scripture for answers to the many questions that surface along the way. [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 9, 2011
From Citizen Link: Have you heard about the recent report from Sweden about the staff of a preschool no longer using pronouns like “he” or “she” when referring to students? It’s another example of what happens when marriage is redefined to include same-sex couples. The preschool’s approach to gender is a reflection of Sweden’s national [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 7, 2011
Would you like to make lovely things for your home or gifts for others? Perhaps you feel “all thumbs” or never learned to sew. Here’s an easy way to learn–and teach your daughters at the same time! You can “Stitch and Learn” with Laurie Latour, Founder of Future Christian Homemakers. Her e-book, The Guide to [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 7, 2011
From First Things: Mara Hvistendahl, author of Unnatural Selection, has been making the rounds in the media drawing out some of the shocking and under-appreciated consequences of sex-selective abortion around the world (we’ve talked about her here and here), but all the while assuring readers that the catastrophic problems she’s describing have nothing to do [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 7, 2011
From Focus on the Family: What comes of a society that will not tirelessly protect its children and their interests? What comes of a culture that does not value its children, considering them to be more burden than blessing? A world with more tragic cases like Caylee Anthony…. No matter who you are or where [...]
Anna Sofia & Elizabeth Botkin | July 5, 2011
It’s been over five years since we released So Much More, and since then, we’ve seen much, heard much, done much, and learned much. And we’ve decided it’s time to write another book. The topic, this time, is relationships with boys. What we need now is for you, dear readers, to give us your feedback! [...]
Kelly Crawford | July 5, 2011
“Lord, I want to be a wife who causes her husband to flourish, and a mother who causes her children to grow.” This was my earnest prayer after weeks of battling some emotional issues that have strained our family. If you are a wife and mother, I have good news and bad news:
