Juliann and her husband Andrew were married in 2006 they were about to celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary when Andrew, a member of the Arizona Hotshots, was killed, along with 18 other team members, while fighting a wild-fire in Arizona. Not only did Andrew’s death leave Juliann a grieving widow at 28 but his death … Continue reading
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Admirable Women – Erica Shead Insists That God Be Allowed as Her Daughter’s Idol for School Project.
A teacher in Memphis Tennessee asked her 10 year-old students to write an essay about an idol they admired. Erin Shead chose God. But when little Erin turned in her essay, her teacher told her that God was not permitted to be discussed in school and that she would have to choose someone else. The … Continue reading
Admirable Women – President Bush’s Top Advisor Karen Hughes Resigns and Returns to Family Life
Karen Hughes was born in Paris, France to American parents, Pat and Hal Parfitt. Her father was a U. S Army General and the last U. S. Governor of Panama Canal Zone. Her family traveled extensively, while she and her sister Beverley were children, due to her father’s career. She graduated from Southern Methodist University … Continue reading
Longform Essay – Do You Think That Two Men and a Cocker Spaniel Makes A Family?
The ongoing debate about the validity of same-sex “marriage” drives me up a wall! How, seemingly intelligent people, can have a public discussion about this ridiculous topic, and keep a straight face, amazes me. The “sexual revolution”, promulgated by the non-Christian, radical, second-wave feminists of the 1960s, has come home to roost, with the most … Continue reading
#9 – See You In September
Hello Everyone, As you know, this blog is about women and their need to renew their vital relationships with their families. I am taking my own advice and will be spending the remainder of the summer helping my family. As a result, I will be taking a break from blogging. If something strikes me as … Continue reading
Quote: C. S. Lewis on Religion Rocks
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” Please read my related post – Religion Rocks Vol. #3 Essay 3 Did you know that the lion in C. S. Lewis’s Narnia is God? kqd
Short Essay – Dad, Are You The Spiritual Leader Of Your Family?
If the answer is, “No.” Why not? How do you plan to raise your children to become good men and women, without teaching them the basic constraints, and restraints, of Christianity that are necessary to protect them from the sea of temptations that are so prevalent today? Osmosis? I hope not, because this will leave your … Continue reading
Quote: Gary Bauer on Pop Culture Poison
“Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer know how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism.” Please click on my link to my related post – … Continue reading
Quote: James Wolcott on Pop Culture Poison
“Pop culture no longer craves archangels and new dawns. Pop culture traffics in vampires and deads of night.” Please click my link to my related post – Pop Culture Poison Vol. #3 Essay 1 I would agee that we are obviously on the wrong track. kqd
Quote: J. C. Watt on Political Pushovers
“The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.” Government programs do more than destroy human souls. They condemn the takers to hell on earth as well. kqd Please click on my link to … Continue reading