1. The mommy wars are over, and God won – Rachel Pieh Jones, who lives in Africa with her husband and children, writes from her cultural perspective in a gospel-focused way on the mommy wars, which were inflamed anew by Time magazine’s recent, controversial cover. This is great stuff – especially for mothers.
2. International adoptions have declined – International adoptions are at their lowest level in 15 years, but at least one of the reasons for that development is good: The attempt to eliminate corruption. This is an Associated Press article that looks at the situation.
3. ‘A nation of Osteens and Obamas’ -- Ross Douthat, columnist for The New York Times, analyzes the state of Christianity in the United States, especially with the decline of the institutional church, and its impact on American society. (I do not include Mormonism under the umbrella of Christianity, as he does in one sentence.)
4. Responding to homosexuality’s advance toward ‘the new normal’ -- Erik Raymond, a pastor in Omaha, Neb., suggests what our response as Christians should be to homosexuality’s campaign to be "the new normal."
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