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Lessons from a pandemic: A letter to my children
I have long heard the word “remember” referred to as one of the most important words – remember to be grateful, remember, so you can learn from the past. As we look back five, ten or twenty plus years from now, what will we remember from our experiences of 2020? ...
Gender Ideology and Your Child
Parents strive to love their children and help them make decisions that will aid in them in becoming happy and healthy adults. Yet, today, the question looms, “What does that love look like?” Does it mean to condone, accept or even celebrate everything your child...
Protecting Religious Liberty at the United Nations and How You Can Help
Hello friends! I had a conversation with my daughter a few years ago. She was telling me that young people hear “the family is under attack,” or “religious freedom is under assault,” but it seems the conversation ends there. She wanted to understand the “how” and...
“Cuties: Teaching – or Titillating?”
There are days when I find myself walking into the kitchen while cleaning the house and without really thinking about it, I grab a handful of whatever snack is on the counter. A few minutes later I might again, unconsciously, grab another handful. As the day goes...
Finding the Truth in a World of Fiction
For centuries philosophers and theologians have debated the question of “what is truth.” We now live in a time where truth – and what constitutes reality – is not considered that important. A legitimate search for truth has been sidelined as feelings and individual...
In Vitro Gametogenesis: The Dystopian Technology Designed to Dismantle Reproduction and Heterosexuality
Today’s article feels like the script of a futuristic science fiction screenplay where doctors and scientists scheme to create an outlandish plot to demolish the traditional family. Their strategy - to change the way the world and policy makers view the parent-child...
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2020 – A Blessing of Thin Times and Places
By Tori Black When my father, an only child, passed away, it was time for my grandmother to relocate. She was 82 and living by herself in a rather remote location but now she was without my father to keep tabs on her. Her home was a one-bedroom cabin, and it was...
Examining the Connection Between Sex Ed and Abortion
By Sharma Worthen Anderson “I sold abortions,” Carol Everett told the crowd. “How do you do that? It’s called sex education.” Everett, who owned and ran abortion clinics for many years before she became pro-life, said her abortion clinics carefully crafted a sex...
Escaping the Trap of Alcohol Addiction
By Danica Winberg Michelle’s* bathroom door still has two holes in it. One hole is from her husband’s fist and the other hole is from the door hitting her head as it swung open when he punched it. After 8 hours of her texts and calls being ignored by her husband...
Twenty-seven Year-Old Babies: The Promise and Perils of Embryo Adoption
By Katy Faust Baby Molly was created in a petri dish in 1992, and frozen on October 14 that same year. 27 years later, she was transferred into the womb of Tina Gibson and born on October 26, 2020. Tina’s body had also been the warm receptacle for baby Molly‘s frozen...
Defending Life at Home and Abroad – The Geneva Consensus Declaration
United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black Reproductive health. You would think those two words together would mean freedom from illness or injury when producing offspring. And...
Fostering Resilient Families
By Stephanie Batty Everyone of every age experiences stress - it is an unavoidable and important part of life! It fosters adaptation and growth. We are tuned by stress much like a violin is tuned by fine adjustments made to its strings. Our ability to cope and adapt...
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