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“Family: The Promise Begins With Me”
"Family: The Promise Begins With Me" When was the last time you had a once-in-a-lifetime experience? Too long ago? Well, you have another chance in two weeks! It’s not too late to register for the World Congress of Families IX on Oct 27 - 30 in Salt Lake City....
What We Take For Granted
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: In the wake of the shooting in Oregon where a gunman asked his victims about their faith before shooting them, many Americans are examining the issue of religious freedom. What is religious freedom? What is is worth? In today’s UFI...
A Unique and Irreplaceable Contribution
Africa's Unique and Irreplaceable Contribution Protecting the family at the United Nations can be a roller-coaster ride with high points and heart-dropping lows. One high point happened a few months ago in Geneva, where the UN Human Rights Council approved a family...
Does Your Child Need Kindergarten?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: “Do not kiss your children so they will kiss you back, but so they will kiss their children, and their children's children.” This quote by poet-philosopher, Noah benShea, describes one way to be an “Intentional Parent.” Intentional...
Where in the world is UFI? – New Chapter in South Korea
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: If you are concerned about the rapidly crumbling family values in your country, you are not alone! The critical issues of Life, Marriage, Family and Religious Freedom know no international boundaries, and are being undermined in every...
Largest Pro-Family Gathering in the World
It’s the largest pro-family gathering in the world—and for the first time in history, it is coming to the United States! Please join us at the World Congress of Families IX, in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 27-30, 2015. This is the “premier global gathering of...
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Picture Perfect
By Cathi Bond In today’s technological world we are bombarded with hundreds of images of ‘perfect’ men and women every day in all forms of media. Photo-laden social media sites like Facebook and Instagram can promote negative social comparisons. Typically on social...
Moral Questions About Abortion
By Diane Robertson The modus operandi for today's abortion debate focuses on the humanity, or not, of the unborn. Some may argue that anytime between conception and birth the baby is not human and thus has no intrinsic value. By this logic there is no moral reason to...
What Matters Most
By Ashley Corbaley I do not live far from Houston and Hurricane Harvey hit much too close to home. As word that Harvey had turned from a tropical storm to a Category 3 hurricane, then a Category 4, panic spread throughout my town. I went to the store to find the...
Protecting Your Marriage Against Emotional Affairs
By Breaunna Stone A strong society relies on strong marriages. Ryan Andersons, Senior Research Fellow at William E. Simon, in a report on marriage and family stated: “Marriage is the fundamental building block of all human civilization…Society as a whole, not merely...
Chinese Government Bans Children from Attending Church
By Diane Robertson The Chinese have not had much religious freedom for more than a generation. But the communist-run government has recently made laws to restrict religious worship even further. Government officials in China have issued warnings to hundreds of...
Silencing Your Ideological Opponent with a Label
by Tori Black Hate. Feelings of prejudice filling people with such animus and loathing that they are motivated to hurt, to harm, and to kill. With good reason we recoil from hate when we see it. Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the heart of a complacent country by...
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