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At a social event when I was six or seven years old, a gi*l, who I thought was my friend, told me to hit another gi*l with a wooden spoon. I had never done something like that, and knew it was absolutely wrong to do so. I said as much, but she persisted, bribing me with candy, and threatening not to be my friend unless I did as she instructed. Eventually, the pressure was too It has been a hard year to be a mother. How does a person parent when it feels as though the weight of the world rests upon their shoulders? Jochebed’s example has been an encouragement to me over the last few days in the mental exhaustion that is lockdown. Who would have faulted her for choosing not to have children in a world where, at the very least, they would grow up to be sl*ves like all the   Hospitality is a commandment from God that makes our theology practical, but it has other residual benefits that are not always quantifiable.   God often works like that, attaching blessings to obedience in ways we couldn’t possibly have predicted.   It’s easy to have people over who are exactly like me. If you’re a Mom who loves kids, books, food, gardening, and generally appreciates different aspects of homemaking, we have oodles in common to Read More » Yesterday, our government pas*ed a bill that expanded the current euthanasia law to include a new category of people eligible for killing: those who are nowhere near their natural death, but want to end their lives because they suffer intolerably. The plan is to expand this bill further in the next two years to also include those who want access to as*isted suicide because of mental health reasons. Why do There was one more obstacle to hospitality that I had included in my list of challenges, but I’ve been avoiding it because it seems to cause conflict, no matter how it is addressed, and I hate confrontation.  However, this is a very real and challenging threat to hospitality, and I think a healthy discussion about it is long overdue. I’d love to hear differing perspectives, too, in the spirit