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  • … pregnancy, abortion may seem like the only solution. I can’t afford to raise a child. I’m too young. I’ll have to … consuming thought when she found out she was pregnant at age 16. “My initial instinct was to hide it from my … that she would keep her child. But it took her a week to work up the courage to tell her parents. “One morning I
  • … variety. She’s become something of an authority on them. “I look at the color of their throat to see if they’re male or … words on that mask. And confused, because I didn’t know why it was happening.” At home, the phone rang. It was the … know, in a roundabout way, you’re already doing mission work.’” Indeed, she is. A young classmate, seeing her mask, …
  • … and in the summers, he was also a concrete contractor. I grew up doing concrete with him.” Her job, she says, was to … then run back for another load. “No laziness, just hard work, running the wheelbarrows,” says her dad, Todd. “Its … with what I wanted to be, as a therapist. I wondered, ‘Why aren’t we learning therapy?’” Though some aspects of the …
  • at the bag. Jean Marie offered her some of the fries.  “I’m eating all the time,” the woman said, helping herself to … that had helped her so much, years before. Over the next 27 months, Jean Marie says, she learned “how to be a woman.”  … she says. “I think that’s what scares me the most. Its why I hunger after Jesus. I fight for what I believe in — and …
  • Its breakfast time at Grant Park Christian Academy. Children filter in from all … somewhere to leave their children during the long day’s work ahead. Two vanloads of children will soon swell the … brought two hot dogs. Two … to split between four kids. I don’t mean two fully made hot dogs. She sent them with just …
  • … to millions of Americans who have been underrepresented at this elite level: conservative women. I'm grateful for this confirmation for a couple of reasons. … attack for just this awe-inspiring balance between her work and her family, as some opponents claimed (with little …
  • … lost their jobs. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives. At the same time, our nation reckoned with racism and riots, … upon us not to suffer without hope. Over the last year, I have been heartened by the faith of our ADF clients. … is ahead, I am assured of God’s power. I’ve seen God work at ADF, and in the lives of our clients. And I am …
  • … remembers, “and she encouraged our faith, too. She’s why I’m a Christian.” Jessica was still a young girl when her … by his coworkers, as well as Jessica, for his strong work ethic, kindness, and great sense of humor. Like Jessica, …
  • … to protect the right of families to provide personalized, at-home learning for their children. Smith’s view of … a tutor to teach your child, you couldn’t homeschool. I was able to legally defend our right to homeschool. Then … Parents are realizing that, uh-oh, this is not going to work. So tons of families are having to reconsider how they …
  • … professor when an NPR news report changed her life. It was January 22, 1973. And while Peggy had encountered the … Peggy sensed an irresistible calling to get involved. “I knew I had to do something,” Peggy writes in her book Foot … lifelong passion: combating abortion by helping one woman at a time. I've never met a woman who really, deep down, …