Ireland’s constitution prohibits abortion. Three women who wanted abortions are challenging it. Roger Kiska of the Alliance Defense Fund was there on behalf of the Family Research Council to defend legal protections for pre-born children in a case that the ADF believes is pivotal for the European continent. “Two of [the women] had claimed that they had illnesses that required them to receive an abortion, because the pregnancy was a threat to their health,” Kiska explains. “The third [woman] had said that she did not have the financial resources to obtain an abortion abroad, but none of the three women […]

“At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth” (Luke 1:39). What did Mary do to “get ready” in the above verse? Perhaps she tidied up, or packed up something beautiful from her loom–maybe a recent project she was weaving. Can you picture her bringing a lovely token to her cousin, Elizabeth as they celebrated their God-given appointments to carry and deliver miraculous babies that would rock our universe for all time? We don’t know exactly what she did to “get ready” to visit […]

Passersby hardly notice the mosque on this active street corner on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. No crescent moons, no Arabic writing, no minarets piercing the sky – only dust and exhaust-stained apartments. But looks can be deceiving. Behind a black metal door, stairs descend to what appears to be an old three-bedroom apartment. At the foot of the stairs stands a floor-to-ceiling shoe shelf. To the left is a trough with two water spigots where followers wash their feet in preparation for Friday prayers. The air is still and hot at the mosque in Fuerteventura, one of the Canary […]

I can vividly recall my childhood days of traveling to Disney World in Orlando. My brothers and I could hardly sleep the night before. We would awake the next morning with an excitement we could barely contain for we knew that in just a few hours we would be in Disney, that children’s fantasy land of cartoon adventures and discovery. On the way there, about every 15 minutes or so, I would ask the age-old question that every impatient child asks, “Are we there yet?” My dad’s stoic and patient response was, of course, “Not yet, but soon.” Such childhood […]