January 25, 2011
January 25, 2011
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The March: Now What?

Today at AnnArbor.com, I posted an article that was especially hard to write.  I actually drafted “The Face I Never Knew” (AnnArbor.com retitled it), anticipating the annual “March for Life” in Washington that commemorates the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  This 1973 Supreme Court decision legalized the murder of over 52 million pre-born children.  As part of my thesis on adoption, I’m reading a book right now called When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity by O.M. Bakke.  This book deals extensively with the first century (AD) Roman practice of “exposio,” by which parents were legally able to dispose of their children […]
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January 22, 2011
January 22, 2011
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For Life

As hundreds of thousands of pro-life demonstrators converge on Washington Mall, protesting the laws in our country that have made legal the slaughter of over a millions children each year, I was dismayed to read this article on AnnArbor.com, urging “zealous Christians” to be more respectful of those who support abortion rights out of “love”.  I should note that it was not written by staff, but by a community member (like a “letter to the editor”) — and yet I was sorry to see it posted on this particular weekend. Because I couldn’t get it to post online I thought I’d post it here … I appreciate your comment about […]
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April 27, 2008
April 27, 2008
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“In His Sign” Podcast

Last week I was interviewed by Bill Donaghy at “His His Sign” and “At the Heart of Things” about Behold Your Mother: Mary Stories and Reflections. Here is a link to the podcast, if you’d like to hear it! I spent this weekend with the women of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Greenville, MI, speaking of the “Good Girls of the Gospel: Women of Courageous Virtue.” Mary, of course, is the perfect model of courageous virtue … but then, she is the perfect woman, who had one perfect Son. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have either of these things going for me […]
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April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
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Save Our Children!

A wise man once said, “The greatness of any civilization is measured by the treatment of its weakest members.” America has always been a great nation. We enjoy unrivaled personal and civil liberties. And yet, we are now a nation in undeniable decline. How did we get here? To put it simply, we have forgotten ourselves, where we came from and where we’re going. * We have abandoned spiritual principles that brought us greatness, turning “freedom of religion” into “freedom from religion,” poisoning decency and sacrificing the common good in the name of “tolerance” and “individualism.” * We have robbed our children of their right […]
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