l'chaim   to LIFE   לחיים

Continuing with the theme from last week’s blog . . . What is a girl worth? What IS a girl worth? It depends. Has she escaped or is she...

“What is a little girl worth?” Location, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, economic status, and age don’t determine our worth.

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to...

Aaron Ray just turned 19 on Thursday. He’s my third-one’s-a-charm baby, becoming the first to fulfill my heart’s desire of a natural birth.

Good. This is the word--"tov" in Hebrew--that God uses to describe his creation in the Genesis 1 narrative. Peculiarly, he does not tell us

It is a federal crime to sell unborn human body parts. And despite compelling evidence, so far, Planned Parenthood and other members of the

But as I stood in the forest, listened, watched and prayed, I was filled with deep gratitude to God for trees and all that they've provided.

Babies are an exceedingly and abundantly good gift. When we talk about women’s rights and bodily autonomy in regards to abortion, we fool...

"Oh baby baby it's a wild world..." sang Cat Stevens in September 1970. This was the refrain in my head this week after our son, Aaron,...

A ruinous revolution lies in the heart of us all, resulting in millions slaughtered, across millennia, from Cain to the Crusaders, Stalin...

"The Crown of the Continent", Glacier National Park, in northwest Montana, is home to Triple Divide Peak, the hydrological apex of the North

“If Christianity is harmful for sexual minorities,” she asserts, “then there is either a problem with Christianity or there is a problem...

Men, we need to wake up to the opportunities all around us. Kids need loving direction (a.k.a. discipline) and wise counsel, especially...

Those who argue women’s equality demands abortion are actually making a misogynistic assumption, whether they realize it or not. The assumpt

This week, I want to share the first letter my mother ever wrote to me. It is one of many. Upon reaching adulthood, we three children were..

This may not seem mysterious if you are a botanist or meteorologist, but novice gardener that I am, the science of it is well beyond my pay

All human beings—regardless of size, skin color, level of development, race, gender and circumstances of conception—should be valued...

Twenty-four years ago I held my first newborn baby in my arms...I penned this in a journal that I just found in basement storage...

We should live open-handed and prepared, with the full realization that we don’t know what’s in store for later today or tomorrow.

Does anyone write personal letters anymore? Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. ~ Proverbs 13:12