Distortion of Beauty

This clip has already been widely circulated, but I would like to add it to the Virtuous Women category and let it be seen by those of you who have not yet come across it. The clip speaks for itself without elaboration. If photo editing is our standard for beauty, no wonder so many women [...]

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Indoctrinate U

Last night four of my colleagues and I trekked into the city for the opening night of Indoctrinate U, a great documentary on the suppression of open thought and discourse in Academia. Since it was the first showing in our city, the director, Evan Coyne Maloney and one of the producers, Thor Halvorssen were also [...]

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Manna for Today

“Carmen, have you been spending time with Jesus lately?”, read the first line of an e-mail from one of my friends in Brazil. We had agreed to keep each other accountable for sticking to our devotional time every day. As the cursor stood blinking at the beginning of my reply note, I thought through the [...]

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Walking Her Home

For the wedding anniversary of a very special couple…
“Walking Her Home”
By Mark Schultz
Looking back
He sees it all
It was her first date the night he came to call
And her dad said son
Have her home on time
And promise me you’ll never leave her side
He took her to a show in town
And he was ten feet off the [...]

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Welcome October!

Autumn is definitely my favorite season of the year, and we’ve celebrated it thus far by a bonfire, several cool morning walks, and a trip to the apple orchard. Since my mother has spent the past two days attending a prayer counseling class, I was called upon to take up the cooking responsibilities. I [...]

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