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Joyriding into Marriage
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: “We don’t feel the need to rush to the altar. This is the real world and marriage isn’t a necessity.” This was the statement of one mother who is ironically waiting to be “more financially prepared” before she gets married--yet she and...
Family Reunion – What’s that?
Family Reunion - What's that? My family and I recently attended a family reunion on a small academic campus that hosts students from all over the world. During breakfast we shared a table with several teenage students, and struck up a conversation with three young...
Pro-Life or just Pro-Birth?
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: One glance at United Families International’s World Family News page tells us that the “Sanctity of Life” encompasses much more than the issue of abortion. It also includes such issues as surrogacy, adoption, and euthanasia. Life is a...
No Good Document Goes Unpunished
No Good Document Goes Unpunished Wouldn’t it be great if the United Nations would adopt a resolution recognizing that “the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society?” That is exactly what happened a few weeks ago in Geneva. In observance of the 20th...
They aren’t relaxing…
From the Desk of Laura Bunker: It may be the sultry “dog days of summer,” but some lawmakers don’t seem to be relaxing in their efforts to pass legislation that could have a negative impact on the families of the world. There are two issues that we’d like to make you...
Do Try This at Home
Good Critical Thinking: Do Try This at Home “A good critical thinker always asks where the author is coming from, and why.” That was good advice from one of my recent “Family Studies”professors, as he urged us to carefully examine the research studies we were...
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Huge Win for Christian Business Owner
by Diane Robertson Hurray!!! Free speech and religious freedom, for a business owner, won last week in a court in Kentucky! Those rulings are becoming fewer and farther between. Though the ruling will likely be appealed, one can always celebrate a win for freedom!!!!...
Fighting a Scourge
by Alannah Hurley Pornography is now easier than ever to access. It is available at the click of a button for adults, teens, and children. However, some states, parties and governments are beginning to see the dangers of pornography and are taking steps to increase...
The “Busyness” Problem
by Christie Masters If you are too busy, you may, like me, look longingly at your garden as you drive away, again, wishing for more time at home. The weeds in that badly neglected garden seem to mock our desire for rest and peace as they grow defiantly taller, a...
Too Costly?
by Alannah Hurley Because of technological advances, expecting mothers are now able to tell before birth if their child will have Down syndrome. “The abortion rate in the United States for babies with Down syndrome, sometimes known as trisomy 21, is about 50 percent...
The Highest of Arts
by Carol Soelberg In 1983 when my mother, Janet Andersen Ray, was Arizona’s Mother of the year, my seven sisters accompanied her to the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, New York for the American Mother’s National Convention. I stayed home having just given birth to...
Enough and More
by Diane Robertson I read this great article last week. I hope it goes viral. It describes feelings I have often felt. “What if I never really amount to anything when I grow up—beyond mom and sister and wife? But these people in my primary circle of impact know they...
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