Tag: Life & Tradition

‘Energy Flows Where Focus Goes’: Couple Shares Secrets of 30 Years of Marriage Without Any Arguments

Blair and Hannah Keeley know how to keep a loving marriage alive and healthy. The Virginia couple, who’ve had a happy and harmonious marriage for the past 30 years, claims that it has been without any arguments. “You keep love alive by continually feeding it,” Hannah, 53, told The Epoch Times. “A lot of marriages…


Multiple Abortion Survivor Says God Helped Her Forgive Birth Parents Who Did Everything to Abort Her

Calling her birth mother’s womb “the scariest place in the world,” a woman who survived multiple abortion attempts has chosen forgiveness, with the help of her adoptive parents who taught her how to offer mercy through surrender to God. Dawn Milberger, 55, lives in the Central Texas Hill Country with her husband of 21 years….


Top 5 Father’s Day Movies: Cinematic Salutes to Our Beloved Patriarchs

With its origins dating back to the early 16th century, what we’ve come to know as Father’s Day is now celebrated the world over (albeit on different days), yet still can’t match the popularity of its May counterpart, Mother’s Day. While there have been plenty of great movies exploring the dynamics between fathers and their sons,…


‘Heaven Is Real’: Mom of 4 Dies, Meets God Face-to-Face, Comes Back

An Arizona woman whose heart stopped beating for 27 minutes claims she has seen God face-to-face in heaven, and it was He who orchestrated her “medically documented miracle,” bringing her back to life at His mercy. Her first words, scrawled on a piece of paper by her bedside, read, “It’s real.” “I was before the face…


Everyday Beauty: A Good Summer

One of the joys of summer is treasured time spent with family, as daylight stretches long into the night. In the idealized painting “The Sinews of Old England,” English painter George Hicks portrayed the enduring qualities a man and woman need for a happy marriage and good family life. “The Sinews of Old England,” 1857,…


The Paternity Test: Good Dads Make Every Day a Father’s Day

More than 10 years ago, my daughter and her family visited me in Asheville, North Carolina. My eldest grandson was about 5 years old. Like lots of kids his age, he adored comic book characters with superhuman powers, and unbeknownst to me, his uncle, my eldest son, told Michael that Grandpa was a superhero. He…


Dear June: Son Won’t Repay Large Sums He Borrowed From His Mother

I am a 75-year-old mom of two grown children. My son has for years borrowed endless amounts of money. Each and every time I bring up repayment or a payment plan, it always ends up in a terrible situation. Ten years ago, he and his wife signed an IOU letter; now, he tells me his…


For Boosting Self-Control, the Research Is Clear: Nothing Beats Religious Belief

God. Spirit. Divine. Could it be that these three words (and others like them) have a singular strength for bolstering our powers of self-control? Even among nonbelievers? And with demonstrated effects as great as a 91 percent boost? If it sounds too good to be true, guess again. These are the findings from a series…


Dear Next Generation: A Whole Barnful of Shovels

I really am convinced that a great deal of crime present in today’s world is a direct result of broken families. Children need a village to raise them, but first, a strong family or parent is a must. I am the eldest of seven children who were blessed with good parents. They were strict and…


Book Review: Visible Hand: The Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market

While reading this book, I thought to myself: This should be handed out with the diploma to every graduating high school senior. Matthew Hennessey, the deputy opinion editor for The Wall Street Journal, has written a new book entitled “Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market”; it is a straightforward,…