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Faith Under Fire – Arizona Christian Univ – 04/27/23

Faith Under Fire – Arizona Christian Univ – 04/27/23

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A public school district ended its 11-year partnership with Arizona Christian University in February 2023, after a school board member felt threatened by the hatred of an organization which centers itself on its faith identity.  The university says the actions of the Washington Elementary School District violate ACU’s constitutionally protected freedoms.

The Alliance Defending Freedom brought a First-Amendment lawsuit on behalf of the University.

Alliance attorney Jake Reed gives Family Life’s listeners and web visitors an update on the case, and insights into the issues which have impact far beyond Arizona.

Family Life’s Abigail Hofland leads this conversation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Answers – Employee Productivity & Ethics – 04/26/23

Real Answers – Employee Productivity & Ethics – 04/26/23

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The move to at-home work has opened new opportunities but also created new challenges to workplace cohesion and accountability.

Our specialist on Christ-centered priorities in various aspects of our lives, counselor Christopher Anderson, offers insights on how employees have responsibilities to maintain productivity standards, even if their job has them “out of the office” part or all of the workweek. He describes it as a spiritual issue.

Also on this edition of “Real Answers“, Anderson speaks to the challenges employers have in recruiting a full staff, and how today’s realities and intentional behaviors can help young adults thrive and advance more quickly, as they launch their careers.

 

 

 

Special Feature – Dr. Ingrid Skop – Abortion-inducing Pills – 04/25/23

Special Feature – Dr. Ingrid Skop – Abortion-inducing Pills – 04/25/23

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The drug Mifepristone was the subject of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, temporarily allowing distribution of that abortifacient which has been the subject of varied rulings in multiple states.

Dr. Ingrid Skop‘s work as an OB-GYN was at the center of a Texas judge’s ruling which triggered the Supreme Court review. Dr. Skop tells Family Life that she personally has had to save the lives of more than a dozen women who suffered life-threatening side effects after taking Mifepristone. She says the harm to pregnant women has been vastly underreported and ignored by many in the medical community and among Women’s Rights proponents. Dr. Skop contends that, even despite the documented harm shown, Mifepristone has been under less FDA review than Tylenol is.  Her testimony is likely to be included as the legal disputes continue in upcoming hearings in Federal and state courts.

Dr. Skop joined Family Life for an extended conversation on our April 25 Noon Report.

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Issues in Education – Q’s for School Board Candidates – 04/24/23

Issues in Education – Q’s for School Board Candidates – 04/24/23

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3 Questions to Ask Prospective School Board Members

Next month, New York voters must decide the make-up of their local school board.  Dr. Ralph Kerr at the “Teaching and Learning Institute” says there are 3 questions that need to be asked of those who are seeking a seat.  Find out what those 3 questions on this week’s edition of “Issues in Education”.

These same questions are appropriate to ask when local districts in Pennsylvania hold elections, and when boards in either state select new members to fill vacancies.

Kids Corner: Planet Matters

Kids Corner: Planet Matters

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Mr Jacobs and Miss Fiona are going for a litter walk and Chelsea and Peter have some questions: Is it a DATE?! What’s a ‘litter walk’? Join in as Mr Jacobs and Miss Fiona explain environmentalism.

Bible Verses: Genesis 1 & 2, Psalm 24:1, Matthew 7:12, Philippians 2:3-4, Psalm 19, Job 12, Matthew 10, Romans 8

Capital Connection – Pills, Restrooms, Budgets – 04/21/23

Capital Connection – Pills, Restrooms, Budgets – 04/21/23

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It’s our weekly conversation with two Christian commentators on what has been in the news.  This week:

  • Stockpiling Abortion Pills
  • Transgenderism in the Public Square
  • Still no NY State Budget

Jason McGuire (in Albany) and Michael Geer (from Harrisburg) keep us “in the know” on vital issues happening in the governments and in the culture. Bob Price hosts the conversation.

Faith Under Fire – The Latest on the Abortion Pill – 04/20/23

Faith Under Fire – The Latest on the Abortion Pill – 04/20/23

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The FDA’s approval of the abortion-inducing medication Mifepristone is at the center of numerous court rulings this month. The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold a recent ruling by a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas. He invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Mifepristone, which has been part of a two-drug regimen typically used for medication abortions and miscarriage management for more than 20 years. However the federal agency has reduced their restrictions on the drug in the past few years.

The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine contends that the use-at-home pills can be dangerous for pregnant women, to say nothing of its impact on the fetus. As the nation awaits the latest ruling from the high court, Family Life’s Abigail Hofland speaks with two pro-life guests — and provides related comments from New York’s governor Kathy Hochul.

  • Tessa Longbons of the Charlotte Lozier Institute talks about the medical statistics related to Mifepristone, which is now distributed by mail, without women meeting in person with a physician. Longbons says the FDA has missed about 50% of reports of complications. The number of emergency room visits have multiplied times six, since the initial FDA approval.
  • Emily Cappello of Feminists Choosing Life of New York says the push for abortion puts today’s prominent feminists against the realities of women’s empowerment. Cappello says Covid-era changes which allow prescribing doctors from authorizing the pills without seeing the patient first puts women at more frequent risk. Follow-up mental health evaluations, she says, are crucial.

A Supreme Court decision on approval or limits on the drug is scheduled for no sooner than Friday, April 21.

Inside Out – Girls & Social Media – 04/19/23

Inside Out – Girls & Social Media – 04/19/23

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Girls and Social Media 

With more girls than ever reporting that they feel sad or hopeless, The Gospel Coalition’s Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra talks with Martha Manikas-Foster about social media’s impact on girls. They also talk about the precautions adults might put in place before approaching social media as a mission field.

 

More girls than ever feel sad or hopeless. Social media may be the reason why.

“In 2009, we know about a third of American high school girls had persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness,” reports Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, senior writer and faith-and-work editor for The Gospel Coalition. “But by last year, so this is about 10 years later, it was up to 57 percent. Which is the highest recorded level of teenage sadness ever.”

Zylstra observes that the increase in sadness tracks with the rise of smartphones and social media. Smartphones make it possible to check on your internet friends more often than when you had to wait until you opened your laptop to get connected.

How we spend our time makes its mark on us, and girls are averaging five hours a day on social media. During those hours girls are comparing themselves with others–often people they don’t know in person—and they repeatedly feel that they fall short.

Disembodied online relationships impact us differently from in-person friendships, Zylstra says, in part because when you walk alongside a friend, you see them on both their good days and bad days. Online you see only the best snapshots of a person’s day. “And if you have 500 friends,” Zylstra says, “every day somebody’s having a good day somewhere. But you’re constantly feeling like, ‘My day never measures up.’”

Listen in on our 18-minute conversation about the impact this is having. You’ll also hear Zylstra’s suggestions for how adults who feel called to on-line ministry might wisely approach social media as a mission field.

Listen to the podcast that inspired this conversation here and read some of her other writings here. 

Special Feature – Summer Church Camp 2023 – 04/18/23

Special Feature – Summer Church Camp 2023 – 04/18/23

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Church camps are now registering their campers and recruiting for their summer staff.

What are the new trends for Summer Church Camp heading into the 2023 season?

After the “strangeness” of the pandemic restrictions of the past three years — plus the social and cultural changes of the past three decades — what is happening these days in the outdoor ministry programs of our region?  Greg Gillispie talks with two local camp directors about trends coming out of Covid, why church camp has such a life-changing spiritual impact on teens and children, and how retreat centers are adapting to have more opportunities to influence faith. You will also hear results of a survey of Christian adults who identify the #1 memory of what shaped their Christian faith from their younger lives.  (Today’s parents and grandparents — and congregational leaders — may want to consider that poll result, as they make family plans for this summer.)

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