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Still Divided by Faith (plus, a hope that sustains)

Posted in Evangelicals, Family Matters, History, Music, Social Issues, The Church, Theology on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I was buried in a writing project when the CNN special Black in America first aired a couple weeks back, so I missed writing about it then. I caught it in bits and pieces. If anyone out there has comments or reviews they’d like to share here, please do. Related to that special, CNN.com has [...]

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A New Chapter

Posted in Family Matters, The Church on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »

There’s a poignant update from Tyson Aschliman at Leslie’s Journey. Thanks again to all of you who prayed for Tyson and his late wife Leslie. Leslie fought cancer boldly and, through the power of Christ’s resurrection, has conquered death. Now begins a new chapter for Tyson and little TJ. Please check out the update and [...]

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Her Journey Begins

Posted in Family Matters, The Church on July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

For those of you who have been praying for Leslie and Tyson Aschliman as Leslie bravely battled cancer these past few months, thank you. Last night, Leslie’s battle came to an end, but her eternal journey began. From last night’s 11:07 p.m. post on Leslie and Tyson’s blog:
After a hard battle with cancer Leslie Jo [...]

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Happy Loving Day

Posted in Culture, Diversity, Family Matters, Politics, Social Issues on June 12, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Today, June 12, is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as “Loving Day.” I must confess I was not aware of this special day until I read reports last month about Mildred Loving’s death.
On this day in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. (Think about that—1967!) Richard and Mildred Loving were the interracial couple whose [...]

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Should Transracial Adoptions Be Colorblind?

Posted in Articles, Culture, Diversity, Family Matters, Social Issues on May 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Thanks to my friend P.E.W. for calling my attention to an excellent article in today’s Chicago Tribune about a new report from the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute that says minority children in foster care are being ill-served by a federal law that plays down race and culture in adoptions.
“The law muzzled any agency that [...]

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Leaving Kids Alone

Posted in Articles, Culture, Family Matters, Websites on April 13, 2008 | 21 Comments »

Last week I was intrigued by the case of Lenore Skenazy. Skenazy equipped her 9-year-old son with a map, a subway card, and 20 bucks, then dropped him off at a New York department store to find his way home by himself. Skenazy wrote about this in The New York Sun and promptly heard it [...]

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