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Apr 15, 2023

The right kind of transition: becoming an adult

This week, I was interviewed by a subject near and dear to me. It was my youngest son, a.k.a. The Cub. “Mom,” he said, plopping down at the dining room

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Apr 08, 2023

A mother prays for America

It was over the Christmas holiday that I heard him say it. The “him” was my oldest son, former addict, finally redeemed. All four of our boys were home from

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Apr 03, 2023

A call to courage

This essay was read and discussed with Bo Snerdley on the Saturday Morning Extravaganza, 77 WABC, on January 28, 2023.  When our founding fathers established this nation, their hallmarks were

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Mar 30, 2023

Father of Love or father of lies, the choice is ours

This week in the United States of America, a young woman shot her way into a Christian school and murdered six people (three of whom were kids) before being shot

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Mar 25, 2023

You don’t have to be a perfect parent, just a good one

It happened during the morning rush. Somewhere between “where are my jeans” and “who hid my shoes,” there it went. A careless arm on a hungry boy sent pancake syrup

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Mar 21, 2023

True peace can’t come from surgery, it comes from within

In November 2022, Florida, under the guidance of the state Surgeon General, upheld by the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, banned child sex changes. This week, in an

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Mar 15, 2023

The before-and-after love that saves

I heard the text come in. Picking up my phone, I saw that my oldest son had messaged me. “I made it onto their social media cover,” he said, and

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Feb 28, 2023

Instead of “forgive and forget,” I choose to forgive and remember

After decades of silence, it has arrived at last. Like a tsunami, revelations of longstanding sexual abuse within the Amish and Mennonite circles have finally, in recent years, “made land,”

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Feb 23, 2023

What we need isn’t a national divorce, it’s national repentance

This week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, made headlines when she called for a national divorce. “National divorce is not civil war, but (is) becoming a necessary reality because of

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Feb 23, 2023

What we need is not a national divorce, it’s national repentance

This week, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-GA, made headlines when she called for a national divorce. “National divorce is not civil war, but (is) becoming a necessary reality because of

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