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Religion’s Profound Influence on Families and Society
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, In his farewell address of September 1796, George Washington called religion and morality “great pillars of human happiness.” He knew that national morality cannot exist without “religious principal.” Freedom of religion is...
The Transgender Agenda Threatening Your Children
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, I write to you from the safety of the home of some good friends of mine. This is not the first time these good and kind people have offered me shelter. Their protection, this time, comes as a result of a wildfire burning out...
A Heartbreaker of a Lie
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Sometimes the sheer volume of malevolence in society can be overwhelming. We are surrounded, saturated at times, by a sea of anti-family propaganda. The onslaught is relentless, and what makes it worse is that this evil...
Parental Rights: Who controls the education of your child?
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, I was a homeschool mom for 18 years. I did not choose to homeschool because of dissatisfaction with public schooling in general or our local schools in particular, but because of the persistent feeling that our home was...
Abortion’s Culture is Antithetical to Women’s Equality
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Many years ago I became familiar with the arguments of pro-life feminists, and they resonated with me. For many, putting those two words, “pro-life” and “feminist” together is oxymoronic. Feminism took a terrible turn in the...
The Protect Life Rule: Standing Up for the Unborn
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, Planned Parenthood. Choice. Reproductive healthcare. If there were an award given for the best euphemisms to emerge from the 20th century, it would be those that were created to mask the reality of abortion and the abortion...
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The Question of Universal Daycare: What Long-term Studies Are Telling Us
From the Desk of Tori Black: Hello Friends, When I was around five, my mother returned to work. The memory of my life at home with her before she returned to the workplace was for many years tinged by a palpable sadness. I missed being at home with her. So when I...
China: Punishing the Faithful and Making Churches an Arm of the State
by Elizabeth Warner A cross, marking a church and symbolizing Christian faith, is burned mercilessly. Churches are demolished in an attempt to halt worship. Millions of Muslims are held captive and fed communist propaganda to cleanse them of their faith. This is China...
Human Connections and Healing from Trauma
by Laura Waters Most human beings will likely encounter trauma at some time in their lives. In fact, researchers estimate that 70% of American adults have experienced trauma in their lives, and 20% of people in this category go on to develop PTSD.i Traumatic events...
Love: The Greatest Motivation to Change
By Kaelie Lemmon As stated by Lao Tzu, “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” I discovered this profound truth in my teenage years. Although I had previously experienced small, nearly unrecognizable feelings...
Parents: the First and Best Defense Against Pornography in Schools
By United Families International “Mom, can I tell you something?” I happily said yes, I always enjoy hearing about my 11-year-old’s day. But I was not prepared for this: “There was a girl at school that received a three-week suspension, and the police were called...
Medical Marijuana Done Right
by Jenet Jacob Erickson This last week, Utah signed into law what some have called “the best-designed” medical marijuana law in the country. Crafting that law was not easy. In just a few years marijuana has become a key political issue across the nation. Utah was no...