What Every Girl Should REALLY Know

In 1916, Margaret Sanger published What Every Girl Should Know,  which addressed young women about their femininity and fertility. This book promotes a culture of “use”, where our bodies become mere instruments to be manipulated for whatever outcome we desire while masquerading under the banner of liberation and freedom. That book title made me think.…

Reproductive Rights?

There’s been a lot of talk about ‘reproductive rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’ in the media recently, and I think a bit of clarification is in order, don’t you? For those who aren’t aware, a piece of pro-life leaning legislation was signed earlier this May, and American actress Alyssa Milano had a bold response: “Our reproductive…

It’s time to throw away the old tape.

There is this habit I got into numerous years ago. It goes a little something like this: a tragic event will occur in my life, I internalize the negative emotions and I sear them to my identity. All of the sudden the same old tape is playing. With a bit of static and white noise,…

Counterfeit Culture

“The culture that sells a counterfeit version of love also has to sell the numbing agents to keep us from recognizing the pain we’re in.” Christopher West’s quote from a recent podcast hits us in the heart. The reason is we have all grown more and more aware of our restless heart. We have all…

Did I just see that?

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” – Shakespeare I recently heard yet another story of an innocent Google search turning into an abyss of porn. One mistyped word in the search bar launched my friend into another world. With an estimated 370 million pornographic websites targeting millions of people, pornography is now…

Why Our Present Matters

People today are more lonely than ever before. It’s safe to say, that at various points in our life, we have experienced loneliness. Imagine how many of our brothers and sisters experience loneliness as well! Loneliness is described as a state where one feels alone and nobody seems to care about who they are. It…

Integrity or Bust 

I start every presentation I give with the same catchline, “I’m from Nevada. No, not Las Vegas, but the much better part of Nevada- northeastern Nevada“. I get a few pity laughs from the students, and that’s fine, but what the students do not realize is how much I mean it. I say northeastern Nevada…

Healing the Culture

I remember asking patients who would come to the doctor office, “What brings you in today?” To which a string of replies would follow: headache, runny nose, joint pain, abdominal pain, etc.  In order to get to make a proper diagnosis and treatment plan, medical professionals need to know what the problem is, its symptoms,…