Bobbie Jager I am a mother of 13 children, and like you my heart is heavy from the shooting in Sandy Connecticut. Our world is in a critical condition. There are mothers and fathers tonight who have empty arms and our nation has been once again...
Rachel Allison As I was working with a group of eight to eleven-year-old children in my church this past weekend, I was disheartened at how undisciplined and disrespectful they were. After a lot of “shushing” which brought no results whatever, I sternly reminded the children that...
Maddi Gillel “Self-government involves self-control, self-discipline, an acceptance of and the most unremitting obedience to correct principles. Its demands are commensurate with its high privileges. Duties are the inseparable companions of rights. No other form of government requires so high a degree of individual morality ....
Rachel Allison Did you know that there is a language where the word CONSEQUENCE or its equivalent is not found? United Families International learned this unforeseen truth when we introduced STAY ALIVE, an AIDS prevention program, to schoolchildren in Africa. It is easy for us to...
Maddi Gillel “Without parents’ humanizing work, children may be quite smart, well-educated, and successful, but so selfish, self-centered, and uncaring as to be essentially uncivilized – not able to live in a spirit of community with others” (On Rekindling a Spirit of ‘Home Training: A Mother’s...
Rachel Allison Today I am thankful for a mother who chose a husband who would love his family and be devoted to his responsibilities to us…a selfless hard-working man who was loyal and faithful to her, his children and his faith in God. I am grateful to...
Rachel Allison Yesterday I attended a wedding of a dear friend’s son. I introduced myself to the young man sitting next to me who happened to be the oldest brother of the bride. We had several minutes to engage in conversation before the wedding began, and...
by Maddi Gillel I have noticed in the past few years the power women have for good or evil, depending on the choices they, themselves, make. I can see that women of all ages have an aura around them of good which influences others for good...
Ann Bailey A mass of pink-wearing humanity wound its way through New York’s Central Park last weekend. Young, old, male, female, babies in strollers and young adults on roller skates all joined in to express support to family members who have suffered from breast cancer and...
Rachel Allison I recently heard a speaker tell of a nurse of the terminally ill who often asked her patients, “Do you have any regrets?” This nurse’s question has given me pause to reflect, and I’m not even sick. Her patients’ most frequent responses? 1. I wish I...
