by UFI Blog | May 8, 2017 | Marriage and Family
by Dr. Jenet Jacob Erickson If there is anything the last four decades have taught us, it is that marriage matters in the lives of children. In 1960, five percent of children were born to an unmarried mother. By 2014, that rate had increased to 41 percent and with it...
by UFI Blog | Mar 17, 2017 | Marriage, Marriage and Family
by Tashica Jacobson I’ve recently found a station on the radio that plays that old country music that I grew up on. One song that they play frequently is If You’ve Got Love by John Michael Montgomery. One verse in particular stands out to me it is: Now there’s...
by UFI Blog | Mar 13, 2017 | Marriage and Family
by Cathi Bond In a 2016 survey, 72% of teenagers reported feeling an urgency to check and immediately respond to text messages and social media notifications from their friends. They found it almost impossible to resist the impulse to check the pings or to post;...
by UFI Blog | Mar 6, 2017 | Marriage and Family
by Cathi Bond No one is perfect. We all make mistakes…therefore, we all need forgiveness. It’s our nature to help others, but sometimes we intentionally or carelessly disappoint and hurt too. Forgiveness is a process, not an event, which can be challenging when our...
by UFI Blog | Mar 1, 2017 | Abortion, Diane Robertson, Family, Feminism, Gender, Marriage and Family, Prostitution, Women's Rights
by Diane Robertson The organizers for the Women’s March, held in January, have organized another event for March 8th—“A Day Without a Woman”. The organizers are suggesting that women around the world “take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor, avoid shopping for...
by UFI Blog | Feb 11, 2017 | Marriage and Family
by Jennifer Johnson Try to put yourself in the following situation, paying particular attention to how you would feel: You are in a classroom and the teacher says that you are going to have a competition, with a bag of mini Snickers candy bars on the line as the prize...
