It’s one thing to discover, from experiences over the course of your life, what’s really important when it comes right down to it. But another altogether to hear your child stand up for her convictions in public. I’ve never been so proud of my firstborn daughter as last week when she verbally presented an essay [...]
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faith fridays: where have all the heroes gone?
If you’ve had the pleasure of raising a son, you’ve undoubtedly experienced the superhero phase; a time when flowing capes on backs (towels and safety pins work too), tights and and big muscles rule the day. Earlier today I heard a presentation on integrity and it got me thinking about superheroes, the epitome of integrity. [...]
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faith fridays: what dr. king had to say
Dr. Alveda King and Roxane Salonen, Oct. 18, 2011 It’s not the best photo quality, true, but it’s evidence that I had the honor of brushing shoulders with the niece of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And what do I most want to say about her, now that I’ve met her? Well, she’s [...]
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faith fridays: 5 steps that led me to the front lines of the prolife movement
This was the scene at North Dakota’s only abortion facility on Wednesday — abortion day. Along with the regulars, there was a large group of young people keeping watch and singing the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Their presence seemed a powerful statement of where the pro-life movement is heading, with more and more fresh-looking faces [...]
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faith fridays: finding hope and my place on the sidewalk
Which is it? A pesky weed thrusting its measly self through the sidewalk, or hope? I see hope; the tenacity of a fragile stem ignoring what should be possible, pushing toward light despite the hostile environment it is bound to enter. This photograph speaks to me in a particularly vivid way right now, especially concerning [...]
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