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  • What Saint Augustine Would Have Thought of Joel Osteen

    What Saint Augustine Would Have Thought of Joel Osteen0

    “This guy is the best thing that has ever happened to Twitter,” ran a text I recently sent to friends. The occasion? A tweet from “St. AugOsteen.” Taking quotes from famed Prosperity Gospel preacher Joel Osteen and mixing them with those of St. Augustine of Hippo, St. AugOsteen creates some pretty fantastic statements. For the

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  • Three Ways Getting Up at 5:30 a.m. Has Changed My Life

    Three Ways Getting Up at 5:30 a.m. Has Changed My Life0

    Over the course of the past few months I made a drastic life style change: I am getting up at 5:30 a.m. instead of sleeping until 9 a.m. Lots of coffee was involved. But on the whole, the innumerable benefits I’ve experienced from early rising have far outweighed the losses (such as the loss of

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  • A Balm for Our Pain: The Power of Words

    A Balm for Our Pain: The Power of Words0

    Some time ago, my life collapsed like a building under a wrecking ball, a device of my own creation. As I sifted through the debris of those ruins, my sustenance came from the love of some family members, the comfort of two loyal friends, and the remnants of a battered faith. And from the solace

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  • Five Facts About Women’s Suffrage

    Five Facts About Women’s Suffrage0

    This week marks the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Here are five facts you should know about women’s suffrage and the amendment: 1. The 19th Amendment doesn’t directly mention women. The text states: The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by

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  • The Casualties of Surrogacy

    The Casualties of Surrogacy0

    The media and Hollywood celebrities, like Kim Kardashian and Jimmy Fallon, present surrogacy as a wonderful and beautiful thing. Even Ben Shapiro said “surrogacy can be useful and wonderful in some cases” when he spoke at this year’s March for Life. But I’m happy to discuss what you won’t hear about in the media: the

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  • Netherlands Discovers ‘Achilles Heel’ of Euthanasia

    Netherlands Discovers ‘Achilles Heel’ of Euthanasia0

    Has the Netherlands found the “Achilles heel” of Euthanasia? That’s the question quietly being asked in Dutch medical circles. The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia in 2002, and death-by-fatal-injection has grown rapidly in popularity ever since. In 2010, there were 3,316 reported instances of euthanasia. In 2017, the number

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