Family Matters
The Moral Foundation of the Pro-life Position
While abortion is often reduced to slogans and chants, deep moral reasoning is at the foundation.
Daniel Ortner
February 9, 2021
While abortion is often reduced to slogans and chants, deep moral reasoning is at the foundation.
Burnout can limit the effectiveness of many noble efforts and worthy social causes today. The deeper solution to such exhaustion may come from combining the empowerment of activism with the renewing energy of faith.
When we stop depending on legislatures as the place Americans can hash out their disagreements, it should perhaps not surprise us when court mandates don’t effectively fill the gap.
Much has been written in recent years about what “Latter-day Saints believe” about LGBT issues – only a fraction of which accurately represents our true convictions. Tragically, even today, many are only familiar with these widespread distortions.
New study finds the link between religious devotion and spousal connection
It has become popular for people of faith to seek a middle ground in the abortion debate of being “personally opposed” while according choice to others. This is why I think that position is problematic.
Marriage is hard enough in this challenging world. Patterns of reactivity, pressure, and resentment between partners can make it that much harder. But what if we learned to not do that—and to do something else instead?
In an age of increasing distance, some important answers are available close at home—as mindful partners can help restore our yearning for intimacy.
In a world where youth are increasingly inundated with sex, it’s not responsible, inspired leadership they need protection from.
The idea of an “equal partnership” between a man and woman in marriage is hard for Americans to understand – involving as it does not a “sameness” of proclivities or skills, but instead a profoundly interwoven union that reflects common burden-sharing.
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
That this thing called “sexuality” ought to dictate much of our lives is hardly questioned anymore, including among Christians. But is this right or true?