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Laws Put Religious Freedom in Jeopardy
February 23, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Around the world, traditional marriage is on the chopping block. Those advocating for same-sex "marriage" are trying to take the "fight" out of the discussion by adding to laws some meaningless phrases they hope...
Seeing is Believing! Ultrasound and Abortion
February 15, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: There is a reason pro-abortion advocates don't want pregnant women to have the life-changing experience of viewing an ultra-sound of their unborn child! This week, our life issues expert , Melissa Anderson,...
Changing the World
February 7, 2012 Changing the World! From the desk of Carol Soelberg: We have much to report on today. Prop 8 Deemed Unconstitutional First, the 9th Circuit Court of appeals has over-ridden the vote of...
20 Seconds to Protect Life
February 1, 2012 Komen Foundation Can Now Run a Stronger Race Against Breast Cancer In a decision that has sparked outrage among the pro-abortion community and jubilation among those committed to life, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has announced that they will no...
The Pain of the Unborn
January 23, 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg:: Each year, on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, the U.S. joins with many in the international pro-life community in celebrating life and recommitting to the effort to save the lives of the...
Religions Marked as Racists
January, 18 2012 From the Desk of Carol Soelberg: Today, we want to make sure that all have seen the extremely important letter penned by religious leaders from "Anglican, Baptist, Catholic Evangelical, Jewish, Lutheran, Mormon and Pentecostal communities in the...
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Do You Have Time for Little Things?
by Erin Weist Driving home from a family dinner tonight my husband taught me a great lesson. As we began our drive, a light-hearted argument commenced about what to listen to on the radio. Since it was Sunday I had turned it to classical, orchestral music. There...
Too Much Homework?
by Jackie Bowles Recently a 2nd Grade teacher, Brandy Young in Texas, went viral with her new “No Homework Policy” at Godley Elementary. Ms. Young says, “After much research this summer, I'm trying something new. Homework will only consist of work that your student...
Family Traditions
by Whitney Ireland It’s almost October and ads for Halloween costumes and decorations seem to be popping up everywhere. Soon children will be running from house to house dressed up as ghosts, ninjas, princesses, pirates and more as they fill their pillow cases with...
Comfort Zone
by Ashley Corbaley For as long as I can remember Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous saying: “Do one thing every day that scares you” has been my personal motto. I had the quote pinned to my corkboard in my bedroom growing up. I wrote it in school binders and notebooks. It was...
Thankfulness is Mindfulness
by Erin Weist Recently, I was reminded of a group of teenagers who reached out to my mom’s brother as a youth and with that small act of kindness drastically altered the life of their whole family for the better. I can say with assurance that my family, our children,...
It’s Human Nature
by Mekelle Tenney “It’s human nature!” This popular saying is often used to justify behavior. Human nature, or men in the state of nature, was a topic that we studied and debated a great deal in college. And it is something that I have been thinking a lot about...
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