Thursday, December 20th, 2012 07:37:53
Hearing God’s Call
The school shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six staff members of Sandy Hook Elementary School were killed last week, is a tragic reminder of the sanctity of life. Of promising young lives cut short and the uniqueness....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 13th, 2012 07:37:07
Marriage Best Left to Churches
The current conundrum regarding the legalization of same-sex marriage is what happens when church and state are mixed -- the topics become confusing and confused. When I married my husband almost 15 years ago, I did so out of love....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 6th, 2012 07:36:28
In Leadership, Appearances Matter
Last week, I was exiting my neighborhood Starbucks when I happened to overhear a middle-aged man talking to a younger man who appeared to be his son. "It matters what you wear," the older man told the younger, whose clothes....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, November 29th, 2012 07:32:28
If No One Goes With You, You Cannot Win
The passage in Ruth (1:16) highlights what it means to belong: "Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God my God." This was Ruth's response when her....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 07:31:37
Moving From Thanksgiving to Praise
hanksgiving week is a time to express gratitude and appreciation and to acknowledge what we are thankful for in our lives. Many of us have Thanksgiving routines and rituals that take us out of the everyday routine of our lives....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, November 15th, 2012 07:30:54
GOP Convention
Any change requires pain. Whatever we are doing now is easy (we think) compared to change, whatever it may be. Changing is hard. It requires us to think anew, to change our habits, our processes, our language. It's venturing out....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, November 8th, 2012 07:29:56
The Initial Aftershocks
Nobody likes to lose. But defeats can prove advantageous if used as a learning tool. Newt Gingrich lost his first two congressional campaigns, but won his third. Twenty years after his first defeat, he changed the nation with the Contract....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, November 1st, 2012 07:29:15
The Final Week
No doubt there are thousands, possibly even millions of people like me who are glad that the election season is (more than likely, barring recounts) coming to an end. In less than a week, we will know the outcome of....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, October 25th, 2012 07:27:59
Too Much Bluster, Too Late for Obama
Debates are high-pressure, high-risk events, and they often offer low rewards. A candidate's first goal is not to win the debate, but rather not to lose -- to do no harm to the campaign. A simple misstep can change the....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, October 18th, 2012 07:27:23
Women Will Drive Election Results
President Barack Obama may believe he had beaten his GOP rival in Tuesday night's town hall debate, but his 90-minute performance could not make up for his lackluster job performance over the past four years. At their first face-off, Obama....
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