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Adopted by God
Have you noticed the return of more feel-good stories on your social media feeds recently? This past week, there were two posts in particular that caught my eye and brought me to tears. Both were about adoption, which makes sense, since November is National...
Birth Mothers and Fathers Who Choose Adoption Over Abortion
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. Its goal is important: to increase “awareness of the need for permanent families for children and youth in the U.S. foster care system.” But have you ever considered the perspective of birth mothers and fathers who choose...
Hope in the Midst of Sadness: Learning from David in Psalm 13
Hope in the Midst of Sadness originally was posted on Rooted Ministry’s website. Rooted Ministry equips and empowers churches and parents to faithfully disciple students toward life-long faith in Jesus Christ. Have you ever felt like God was distant and yet not? In...
But it’s true: Netflix’s Cuties catastrophe enables sexual abuse
"To say that Cuties enables sexual abuse is to miss the point of the film. This movie brings a rare vision of girlhood to light and posits that sexual exploration—in all its discomfort and modern complexities—is actually okay, even normal.” Article...
Late Term Abortions Only Happen When…
In late summer, we asked our volunteers and social media followers what tools would be helpful to them. The overwhelming response was, "a cheat sheet or script" for life-affirming conversations. This is the first of Good Answer! Each month (and maybe more frequently),...
What Could You Do?
A couple weeks ago, our blog asked, “What would you do?” if you found yourself on an episode of John Quiñone’s “What Would You Do?” television series. Just as important to consider is your answer to the question, "What could you do?" The answers to two out...
Who is Being Left to Die?
What is your reaction when you hear that someone has been “left to die”? Does it matter what the circumstances of the person being left to die are? Is it worse to be left alone to die, or is the presence of another person during the dying process a form of comfort, a...
What Would You Do?
Imagine you found yourself on an episode of John Quiñone’s “What Would You Do?” television series and observed: A distraught man is standing on the side of a bridge, his legs slightly bent, prepared to jump into the icy water below.A stranger slurs, “I’m heading out!”...
The God Who Values Life Values Relationships, Too.
It’s been going on for awhile now. The lines are drawn. Social media relationships have been blocked or unfriended. The Sanctity of Life has unfortunately been a divisive topic for a long time--way before this election year. But the God who values life values...
Can We Abort Grandma?
Anglicans for Life addresses the sanctity of life at both ends of the life spectrum. We work to equip the church--the Anglican Communion--to help people dealing with life and death issues that arise throughout a person’s life. So in addition to providing education and...