Stop trying to understand Twitter, at least for a moment. Pray for my wife and our kids instead.
It all started at 1:40 AM at a stoplight on Pacific Coast Highway in Hermosa Beach, California. My July newsletter tells what happened there and how one good thing that came of it was a sound bite that is still making an impact on how people think about abortion 13 years later. The short letter, Ten […]
Something wild is always blooming, from twinleaf and bloodroot early in spring to beeweed in late fall, things of intricate, limitless beauty. Often I fear that I am not paying enough attention. -Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow (p. 327)
How many children diagnosed with Down syndrome in the womb are subsequently killed by abortion? (This is usually called a “termination rate.”) J.L. Natoli and colleagues published in 2012 the best estimate available on this question. It’s a systematic literature review, rather than a study with original data. [J.L. Natoli, et. al. Prenatal diagnosis of Down […]
After twenty minutes with a JFA trainer, Amanda shared a JFA Brochure with a friend who decided not to kill her child (“Lucy” in the photo). After one hour in a presentation with a JFA trainer last month, Emma and her sister went to talk to kids in the park. Their mom said, They said […]
Looking at a cell phone to make use of the time while rocking my son to sleep in the dark? Pray for him instead.
Here’s the scene at UCLA’s Bruin Walk on JFA’s second day of outreach in early June. JFA staff and volunteers set up five tables inviting people to dialogue with us (one of them is down the walk to the left of the frame). As you can see, one-to-one conversations were happening at every table. JFA was invited […]
Sometimes I find myself so stuck to email — sending people links, suggesting discussions, engaging in dialogue in a sort of virtual world — that I stop and wonder, “What in the world am I doing?” And I’m not even meaning to. I find it sad. There is something about the eyes-glued-to-a-screen-while-typing environment that is very […]
When I reviewed the photos from JFA’s recent outreach event at the University of Kansas, I was especially encouraged and struck by the photo above. My brief May newsletter decodes the photo, discusses why it’s special, and explains JFA’s passion for…More Conversations.
Most of us have fears about discussing abortion. Corrie was no different. She recently attended a mission trip that JFA led for Christian Heritage Academy‘s Salt and Light program. Here’s what she said about the outreach to the University of Oklahoma: I was terrified to talk to anyone, and made a goal to talk to just […]
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