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… Arlo holds first place in Lydia’s heart, but she is not above spending summer days tracking down other lizards of … Did it hurt? “A little.” She grimaces at the memory. It’s not the only memory that makes Lydia grimace. Last autumn, … “She just said it,” Lydia remembers, “a little angry, but not much. She told me not to wear it again. Not to wear that …

… in 1981, we had two children in private school and were not satisfied with the results. We attended a homeschool … after being exposed to homeschooling on the radio, not knowing whether we’d ever do it or not. But out of that, we said, “Let’s give this a try.” There …

… their Oregon property.   G ood families, more often than not, seem to spring from, well … good families, and Jessica … … love. “They felt compassion. They know what it’s like not to have one parent.” “This is something God is calling us … these children are as young as 4. And reports of abuse are not uncommon. The caregivers keep changing, but the message …

… a gnawing question remained: should she have the baby, or not? The advocate didn’t give up. She called the next … 4-year-old's cries subside, and life resumes. These may not sound like magic words, but Ruth has learned there is … it took to avoid tarnishing her image. But she could not avoid her closest friend at the time. In need of a ride, …

… L ike most of us, Jean Marie Davis knows enough not to pick up hitchhikers. Unlike some of us, she knows a … people,” she learned, “get up at 6 o’clock in the morning, not 2 o’clock in the afternoon.” She immersed herself in the … efforts. “I can’t do this,” Jean Marie told her. “I’m not qualified.”  “What are they going to do?” Phyllis …

… Tampa, Florida. Some scamper in alone, some with a friend. Not a few are escorted more quietly by their moms — mostly … as bringing together “believers from for-profits, not-for-profits, churches, and Christian heads of households … — but good citizens, too. The children in our school are not going to be a threat to your family or mine.” Alfred …

… work, running the wheelbarrows,” says her dad, Todd. “It’s not easy. But Maggie had a good attitude, never a complaint. … was amazing. She’s an incredible artist. Even if she were not an art therapist, she would be a fabulous illustrator. … that “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act …

Peggy Hartshorn was a young wife and aspiring English professor when an NPR news report changed her life.

… unmotivated to continue studying. I’d sit in the back and not participate in what was going on. My grades went down. … will have to experience what I did. Students should not be afraid of expressing their values and beliefs. A …