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Chaos in Utero
By Judie Brown As Fräulein Maria in Sound of Music, Julie Andrews sang of the frightful experience of being stung a bee, assuring the little ones in her charge that if one remembers their favorite things, daily experiences don’t seem so bad. We would call this the power of positive thinking. But there are times when the manipulation of reality can lead to irreversible harm. Such is the case with...
HALO Sheds Light
By Judie Brown HALO is the acronym for one of the most compelling pro-life organizations in America today. HALO stands for Healthcare Advocacy and Leadership Organization, and it serves as “a voice for the medically vulnerable.” Its work challenges the status quo on...
It All Started with the Word
By Judie Brown A word is, according to Merriam-Webster, “a speech sound.” While this is accurate, it is also insufficient to describe the Word—our Lord who teaches the truth that leads to eternal life. For as Christ prayed regarding His disciples, “I do not ask that...
You’ve Got Mail . . .
By Judie Brown Some of us remember using the email service called America Online back in the late 1980s/early ‘90s. And we recall the voice that came into our computer, alerting us, “You’ve got mail.” It was a clever marketing tactic voiced by a man name Elwood...
Dwindling Hyde
By Judie Brown This past Wednesday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which was written to eliminate taxpayer funding for abortion. The original language read: “None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to perform abortions except where...
Identity Transformation
By Judie Brown Webster defines transformation as “an act, process, or instance of transforming or being transformed.” Change can be exhilarating, life-affirming, or simply necessary to avoid boredom. But what about transformation that claims to alter the sexual...
Deadly Creepy!
By Judie Brown Back in the day, Mattel created an interesting toy called Creepy Crawlers. The original concept involved squishy plastic bugs that had the potential of scaring our little pals. But in today’s world there are human beings who are deadly creepy, and this...