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An Announcement About the FamilyScholars Blog 29 Apr 2013 | 08:07 pm
Dear FamilyScholars readers: In the constantly changing digital age, the FamilyScholars blog has had a relatively long life. Launched in 2003, it hosted a lively discourse until a brief hiatus Read Mo...
Two New Stories from Anonymous Us 29 Apr 2013 | 07:21 pm
Below are two recently submitted stories, one from a young woman conceived via egg donation, the second from a birthparent. Feeling Betrayed: Before she died when I was ten, I Read More
Bucking the Trend and Marrying Young 28 Apr 2013 | 07:31 am
One married friend of mine, who just completed a master’s program and had her son two days before my son was born, told me that one of her grad school Read More
The M.Guy Tweet 27 Apr 2013 | 11:53 pm
Marriage Media Week of April 21, 2013 Courtesy of Bill Coffin 1. The Affluent Are Fine; Focus on the Poor, The New York Times: Room for Debate Yet, many of Read More
Car Shopping 26 Apr 2013 | 09:25 am
Today I drove Stephanie to the local gas station and garage to meet the man who would take her car to the junk yard. (Her car broke down yesterday, in Read More
Breaking Down 25 Apr 2013 | 07:12 am
Stephanie called this morning around 9 AM. On her way to work at a local country club kitchen, her car broke down, by the concrete plant just outside of town. Read More
Andrew Root on FamilyScholars Conversations 24 Apr 2013 | 01:22 am
I had the pleasure of conversing with Andrew Root, Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, author of The Children of Divorce among many other books, and contributor Read More
Booknotes: Does Jesus Really Love Me? 23 Apr 2013 | 04:20 pm
On Friday, while stuck at home due to the “shelter in place” orders here in Boston, I read Jeff Chu’s recent book Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian’s Read More
Could Pregnancy be a Reason NOT to Get Married? 22 Apr 2013 | 10:49 pm
In “Promises I Can Keep,” Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas find that among the poor single mothers they interviewed, “Nearly everyone has a morality tale to tell of two fools who rushed Read More
Consider Best Practice Instead of Stigma… 20 Apr 2013 | 07:22 pm
I watched and live-tweeted our recent Conversation with Professor Lawrence Mead, and like many of you, I really enjoyed it. I have been mentally chewing on much that was shared Read More
