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An Unholy Alliance: When Mob Forgiveness Meets Selective Grace
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An Unholy Alliance: When Mob Forgiveness Meets Selective Grace

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by on Dec 17, 2015 in Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order, Those in Need
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A small town in Missouri recently came under fire for rallying around an accused child sex offender and shunning the abuse victim—even after the offender pleaded guilty in court. “If it takes a village to raise a child,” said a local prosecuting attorney, “what is a child to do when the village turns its back […]

The Playgrounds of War I
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When Father is a Wound

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by on Jun 17, 2014 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Men, Parenting
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On Sunday, my children and I celebrated my husband on Father’s Day. It seems natural to celebrate the father of my children but as a child, there was too much hurt and damage to even pronounce the word “Papa” to talk about and address my father. When I was able to utter it, my throat […]

Protecting Children from Abuse
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Protecting Children from Abuse

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by on Mar 21, 2014 in Featured, Parenting
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Dawn Eden is the author of My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints and the 2006 best-seller The Thrill of the Chaste. A victim of childhood sexual abuse, the Catholic convert tells of how getting to know saints who suffered abuse of various kinds has helped in her […]

Come Over Here and Say That to My Face
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Come Over Here and Say That to My Face

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by on Dec 12, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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Rape, incest, and mother’s life…oh, and abused children. Better aborted than abused. How many times have we heard these “acceptable” exceptions to an outright ban on abortions? It is easy to understand and even sympathize with the mindset that finds these exceptions to be allowable. No sane person wants to inflict further suffering on someone […]

Transgendering Children
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Transgendering Children

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by on Oct 14, 2013 in Featured, The Homosexual Agenda
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Groucho Marx used to tell of a man who went to see a psychiatrist: So you see, doctor, the problem is that my brother thinks he’s a chicken. Well, have you told him he’s not a chicken? No. Why not? Because we need the eggs! As the implosion of Western Civilization accelerates, the once unthinkable […]

Abortion is a Symptom of Deeper Issues
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Abortion is a Symptom of Deeper Issues

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by on Mar 06, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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The word that comes to mind to describe my childhood and my abortions is obliterated. There are troubling similarities between the way I was treated as a child and the way I treated my unborn children. I believe that women who were maltreated are predisposed to have abortions. As I was looking for studies to corroborate […]

Has Abortion Lived Up to It's Promises?
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Has Abortion Lived Up to It’s Promises?

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by on Jan 14, 2013 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured
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In less than two weeks, our nation will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion-on-demand the law of the land. The milestone is causing many on both sides of the aisle to take a closer look at our changing political landscape and ask, “Does legal abortion have […]

Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers
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Obama Waives Restrictions on Foreign Aid to Countries Using Child Soldiers

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by on Aug 14, 2012 in Featured, International Issues, Those in Need
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The Washington Times reported the Obama administration waived sanctions that would prevent countries from receiving foreign aid for violating the Child-Soldier Prevention Act. Obama, who co-sponsored the legislation in 2008 as an Illinois senator, has now permitted aid to countries that have used children as young as 11 to fight under a “national interest” exclusion within […]

Sandy – or the Making of a Pearl
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Sandy – or the Making of a Pearl

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by on Nov 17, 2011 in Columnists, Featured, On Books
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When I was in 4th grade, I wrote my first short story. My teacher was the first in my school who wanted to try a “creative classroom.” After we finished our assigned work, she had stations we could go to with extra projects. One included story starts. I took one of the cards and wrote […]

When Fathers Fail: Healing the Father Wound
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When Fathers Fail: Healing the Father Wound

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by on Jun 18, 2011 in Featured, Parenting
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Have you ever heard the saying “You can’t give what you don’t have?”  It makes sense doesn’t it?  I can’t give you a dollar if I don’t have a dollar right? But in terms of affection, love and relationships it makes even more sense. If your father was not affectionate, you may have trouble showing […]