
Herbie Newell
Op-Ed Contributor
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Amy Coney Barrett and Orphan Sunday coming early
Of the children who reach this age and are sent out of the care of the orphanage, UNICEF notes that 60% of girls enter a life of sex trafficking, 70% of boys live a life of crime and/or are arrested.
Unexpected pregnancies during an already unexpected crisis
Rightly, we see abortion as murder and an affront against our Creator, but we must also see our apathy against the injustices toward life beyond the womb as the great co-conspirator against our fight for life.
Pandemic victim: International adoptions and indefinite wait
As countries closed their borders in response to the pandemic, children deprived of families were left in limbo waiting for their adoptive parents to be cleared for travel and bring them home.
Talking to your children about racial injustice
While the racist events over the past four months have grieved many in our nation, we cannot fail to realize that our children are watching.
COVID-19 and racial reconciliation: The revealing of an age-old disparity
Pointedly, even in the Church, we have viewed race and racial reconciliation as a social issue and not a gospel issue. The truth is our bloodlines are not skin deep but run down deep into our souls.
COVID-19: A time to preserve life, not willingly eliminate it
Also known as the Bubonic Plague, the disease killed between 75 to 200 million people or about 30% to 60% of Europe’s population.
Pro-choice and Superbowl LIV’s halftime show: Over promising, under delivering in empowering women
Our children and families are reaping the consequences of this dramatic shift. The U.S. now leads the world in no-contest divorces. Millennials are abandoning marriage as an institution. Men are pleasing themselves selfishly by impregnating women and fleeing. Consequently, abortion is being used as birth control.