When I was a small child, I was sexually abused. Most of the time, it happened in a barn, at the edge of my grandmother's property. It started in the house though. It started with my grandmother and aunt preparing us with fear, manipulation and...
What are the five smooth stones the Pro-Life community will pick up to defeat Planned Parenthood? What strategy will do the job? What principles are needed? This has been the basic premiss of multiple books, articles and speeches, but here's my pick.Of course, the story...
We all have walls around our lives and around our hearts. Those who don't, live in chaos. Of course, I mean the intangible, invisible boundaries that keep us safe emotionally, spiritually and sometimes physically.Early in world history, walls were the primary defense for cities. They...
On Saturday, September 12, 2015, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, Priests for Life and the Pro-Life Action League will co-sponsor the third annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children, calling on pro-life Americans to honor the memorial gravesites of our aborted brothers and sisters.Solemn prayer vigils will be conducted...
There are more than seven risk factors, but I just want to elaborate on these for American families. In third world countries the main risk for child sex trafficking is family poverty, which affects the US too, but in different ways.Poverty is a problem in...
As a new mom, the laundry was almost all baby spit. Bibs and blankets filled the machine. I was constantly alert to the smell of baby puke. Then the foodies: strained peas and squash or some puree'd meat were my nemesis.As they grew, it became...
What does it mean to win when communicating? I think it means successfully conveying the information necessary to create positive outcomes for all parties involved. I think most people want to make progress, because we value people. Those of us who have been abused might...
Skip Murphy asked me if I thought we were at a tipping point of the country moving over to the pro-life position during an interview last week. He noted the CMP videos and the ensuing social media commotion.The main stream media is largely ignoring the...
Sometimes we are impatient. For those of us who have suffered abuse, getting free from our abuser isn't an event, but a process.If you were in a situation that was a one-off, week long relationship that turned badly very fast, you can have lingering effects....
The Church at large, meaning all the churches in a general way, have failed our young people. Too many churches send young people out in the world after a game, a song, and a condensed Bible story. They are not throughly equipped, as Scriptures admonish.I've...