Joe Carter

Note: Family Facts in an occasional series of data presentations about family and religious practice and analysis of their role in maintaining civil society. . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m really way too busy to be posting this rumination from Paul Levy : [I]n our house-group, during the prayer time, we have banned the ‘I’m tired’ prayer request. I can’t remember the last time I met someone who isn’t tired. It’s the equivalent of the . . . . Continue Reading »

Mark D. Roberts, Presbyterian minister and scholar-in-residence at Laity Lodge, reflects on what he’s learned from fasting during Lent : First, giving up something allows me to make a tangible sacrifice to the Lord. Although certain sacrifices are already present in my life, they’re . . . . Continue Reading »

Trevin Wax lists ten reasons he’s optimistic about being pro-life : 10. Recent Polls A majority of Americans surveyed in a Rasmussen national poll say they believe abortion is morally wrong, a number that includes a large percentage of people who call themselves “pro-choice”. Last . . . . Continue Reading »

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Normally I would’t post a video of a Congressman giving a speech in an empty House of Representatives because (a) I don’t normally care what Congressmen have to say, (b) I don’t think most people normally care what Congressmen have to say, and (c) if their fellow legislators . . . . Continue Reading »

After years of incessant whining and pleading, my dad finally caved in on my tenth birthday. If I would agree to finally shut up about it and not tell my mother, he’d let me start drinking coffee. Thrilled to have tiptoed inside the outer realm of adult pleasures, I poured myself a big cup of . . . . Continue Reading »

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At National Catholic Register , Pat Archbold has a thought-provoking (and, for some people, squirm-inducing) article on pro-life activism : It should not surprise that I hold in low esteem a particular breed of man who, while claiming the name Catholic, supports openly and actively that wretched . . . . Continue Reading »

Despite how they are portrayed in television and film, teenagers are not hormone-addled animals that are unable to control their sexual urges. Secular liberals may be shocked, but the rest of us (especially those of us with kids) won’t be surprised to find that teens respond positively to the . . . . Continue Reading »