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Shamers should be ashamed

Shamers should be ashamed

Faith & Inspiration |  Shame is a powerful force, like an explosive. A person full of shame is unpredictable, even dangerous to himself and others. He feels sub-human, unworthy,

Florence Colgate

Beauty is in the eye of the … mathematician?

Family |  Whoever said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder didn’t know his numbers. Last year, 18-year-old Florence Colgate, won a British beauty contest based…

David Beckham stands with his sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

David Beckham celebrates family expansion

Family |  Seven months after welcoming baby girl Harper, celebrity dad David Beckham confessed he and his wife would love to have a fifth baby.   “We might have…

Two mommies, one daddy, lots of confusion

Two mommies, one daddy, lots of confusion

Family |  A Florida judge ruled earlier this month that a little girl conceived through artificial insemination can have three parents listed on her birth…

Jeana Bonner, left, of Utah, and Rebecca Preece, of Idaho, sit with their adopted children at a hotel in Moscow, Russia, shortly after the country approved a ban on American adoptions.

Adoption agencies abandon families

Adoption |  Christian World Adoption Agency (CWA) closed its doors last week, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ending the adoption process for 15 families without…

Let the children fail … still

Let the children fail … still

Parenting |  Every night, 8-year-old Cooper faces his dreaded literature guide. Little House in the Big Woods is Cooper’s current nemesis. Each afternoon he does his…

Paul Harvey and his wife, Lynn, in 1988.

The farmer in all of us

Culture |  Amid Super Bowl commercials hawking their wares with hot girls, voodoo, and low-brow humor, a spot for Dodge Ram trucks stood out for its ode to the…

Parenting's risky experiment

Parenting's risky experiment

Parenting |  Parenting is experiencing a major shift, and it has nothing to do with breast feeding, reusable diapers or co-sleeping. It’s the increasing age of the…

 Ellyson Hooker, right, runs ahead of her adopted brother Daniel as they play together at a restaurant in Guatemala City.

Fewer fathers for the fatherless

Adoption |  Fewer American parents are bringing home orphans from foreign countries, dropping the international adoption rate to a record low last year. The number of…

Divorce breeds spiritual disconnect

Divorce breeds spiritual disconnect

Religion |  A recent study concludes children whose parents divorce when they are young are less likely to be religious later in life. According to the study, two-thirds…

Review: <em>Fit to Burst: Abundance, Mayhem, and the Joys of Motherhood</em>

Review: Fit to Burst: Abundance, Mayhem, and the Joys of Motherhood

Books |  When I was pregnant at 23, I devoured parenting books. My husband and I bucked the current trend to wait for children: Our first son was born the day after…

How singlehood hurts societies

How singlehood hurts societies

Family |  One web publication to add to your reading list for is New Geography, edited by the very perceptive Joel Kotkin. He has long been noting the harmful economic…

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