Posts from 2010 (Page 10)
Valentine’s Day
Ah Valentine’s Day, a day to celebrate love. A day when young people, ok girls, dream that red hearts and chocolate will lead to a white dress and cake. When a couple becomes engaged the focus shifts, rather radically, from the couple themselves to a day. A single day in the future that begins to take over. A date is chosen, church and hall must be reserved.…
Cookie Cutters
Are you a baker? I am not. The few cookie cutters I own are used for decoration on my kitchen windowsill at Christmas. We may have used them to make cookies. Once.
Footprints that lead to Jesus
Have you ever looked back to see how you got to where you are now? Looking back over my life I try to trace the path God lead me on as He drew me to Himself.
He's Black, She's White, or Vice Versa: Big Whoop.
Pew Research has an interesting report on the issue of interracial relationships and what your kids think about them. Times and attitudes have changed. Compared to you and your parents your kids have a greater understanding and acceptance of relationships between races.
"Landmark" Study on Abstinence
A new study that has just hit the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine suggests that abstinence programs help kids delay sex and as a result helps to decrease teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. This comes in light of the Obama administration cutting federal funding to these kinds of programs.
Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
The Center for Parenting and Youth Understanding pointed to recent research by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada on the correlation between drug and alcohol use and sexual activity among adolescents. The report and statistics are fascinating and sad at the same time. When you read this it will break your heart and make you realize again that we need to engage…