by United Families International | Feb 5, 2014 | Family, Marriage, Media, Parents, Technology, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory We moved this past week. From a house we had lived in for over 15 years. It had a ton of storage, which probably sounds great to most of you. But guess what you do with a lot of storage? You store. It brings to mind the old George Carlin routine...
by United Families International | Jan 8, 2014 | Family, Media, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Kristi Kane This past September, I paid one of my friends (a professional simplifier), to help me muck out and organize the mess that was in my basement. It took days! When we finished, I had donated over two dozen bags of various sundries to the good will, and thrown...
by United Families International | Jan 3, 2014 | Education, Family, Health Care, Media, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Well, it’s 9:30 am and I just rolled out of bed to a new year. 2014! I’d be more comfortable if it was May 2013. Where did the time go? I say that with more frequency the older I get. And with a new year comes that word we all anticipate...
by United Families International | Dec 23, 2013 | Abstinence, Cohabitation, Divorce, Family, Marriage, Media, UFI Blog
Alicia Johnson and Hailey Welch Over the past 85 years, millions of individuals and families have had the opportunity to watch shows on television and have experienced the rapid growth of many forms of media. Many individuals have experienced the excitement of...
by United Families International | Dec 19, 2013 | Media, Same-Sex Attraction, Same-Sex Marriage, Sexual Orientation, UFI Blog
Ann Bailey Evidently I was living under a rock until this past summer when some family members sat me down and insisted I view an episode of “Duck Dynasty.” Honestly, I didn’t know what to make of it. Having grown up in VERY rural eastern Idaho, I couldn’t decide if...
by United Families International | Dec 6, 2013 | Family, Media, Religion, Religious Freedom, Schools, The Family, UFI Blog, Values
Rebecca Mallory Currier and Ives and Norman Rockwell… Remember those guys? I’m old enough to remember the days when “happy holidays” referred to Halloween, July 4th, St. Patrick’s Day and Groundhog Day all rolled together. All of those holidays were… happy! And...
