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In the Loop: Pre-Sex Prayer, More Women Pastors, and Father-Daughter Baseball Bonding

‘Strong Link’ Between Religious Beliefs and Teen Birth Rates A new study published in Reproductive Health demonstrates that states with “increased religiosity” tend to have the highest teen birth rates. In order to determine religiosity, researchers averaged the percentage of...

Posted by Laura Leonard on September 17, 2009 11:31 AM | | Comments (3)

Adoption: Single Christians Need Not Apply

National Adoption Month is coming up, and churches are mobilizing like never before to encourage people to adopt. But there is a secret underneath it all: Single Christians need not apply. When I was considering adopting my daughter, one of...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on September 16, 2009 9:05 AM | | Comments (82)

The Horrors of Orphan

If nothing else, the latest box office horror flick has people talking. In Orphan, 12-year-old Isabelle Fuhrman plays the eponymous Esther, who is adopted by John and Kate Coleman (Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga) after their third child is stillborn....

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on August 5, 2009 8:40 AM | | Comments (3)

Julia Duin: The Anna Syndrome

Summertime is when weddings abound. No one longs for them more than the abundance of single women in our nation's churches. The dearth of marriage opportunities for most of these women calls forth certain coping strategies, one of which...

Posted by Katelyn Beaty on July 17, 2009 8:58 AM | | Comments (48)

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