Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 04/20/23
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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.
Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 04/19/23
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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.
Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 04/18/23
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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.)
Our guests:
- Sam Richbart, executive director of Camp Hickory Hill
- Steve Clark, executive director of Delta Lake Camp and Bible Conference Center
Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 3/17/23
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Family Life Noon Report – 3/17/23
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Faith Under Fire – Gerald Groff Religious Freedom Case – 04/17/23
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A Pennsylvania Christian had worked for the U.S. Postal Service until he faced multiple employment repercussions for refusing to work on Sundays due to his religious convictions.
This case regarding First Amendment claims goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, with the justices hearing oral arguments this Tuesday (April 18).
Gerald Groff of Lancaster County had sought work with USPS because it would be an employer where he would not be asked to work Sundays. That changed when USPS launched a new contract with a private corporation that wanted Sunday deliveries.
In 2019, Groff resigned from his position as a rural mail carrier after years of — he says — being harassed, targeted and disciplined for refusing to work Sundays so that he could abide by the Third Commandment, to “keep holy the Sabbath day.” Groff then sued USPS for violating his religious rights. After his claims were denied by both a Pennsylvania district court and the 3rd Circuit Court, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to take up his appeal on Jan. 13. He is being represented by the First Liberty Institute.
First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys gave Family Life’s Abigail Hofland a preview of the arguments to be made in the nation’s capitol.
Groff’s first-person story is here. Other coverage of the issues in this case: FNN. ABC. CNA.
Kids Corner: SHARATHON!!!
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