Guest Voices: family


Posted at 07:14 PM ET, 12/12/2012

Christmas in Vermont
By Marion L. Usher
Family therapist reflects on holiday tradition that cements love amid a Catholic and Jewish family.

By Marion L. Usher  |  07:14 PM ET, 12/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Christmas in Vermont; Catholics; Jewish; Jews; Judaism; Christmas Eve; Vermont tradition; Christmas; families; family; Vermont; love; rituals

Posted at 06:21 PM ET, 12/11/2012

Unwrap the gift of health this holiday
By Keith Wommack
Nail up the mistletoe, grab a kiss or two for your health’s sake and don’t forget the love, says columnist.

By Keith Wommack  |  06:21 PM ET, 12/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Unwrap the gift of health this holiday; kisses; hugs; families; family; love; togetherness; health; National Institutes of Health; holiday season; mistletoe; medicinal; Danny Deza; love; God; spirit of Christ; Christmas season; Keith Wommack; Christian Science

Posted at 05:05 PM ET, 12/11/2012

Christians need to look beyond individualism this holiday season
By William Paul Young
We forget that every facet of the Christmas story is communal and relational, says author.

By William Paul Young  |  05:05 PM ET, 12/11/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  William Paul Young; Christmas; holiday season; Christians; Facebook; communal; community; family; families; holiday; Christmas; The Shack; Cross Roads

Posted at 12:14 PM ET, 12/10/2012

Making meaning out of the holiday season
By Marion L. Usher
Talk about what is important and create your own ways to do acts of kindness, says a family therapist.

By Marion L. Usher  |  12:14 PM ET, 12/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Chanukah; Hanukkah; Marion L. Usher; families; interfaith families; interfaith couples; extended family; Judaism; Jewish; Christian; Christianity;

Posted at 03:31 PM ET, 12/06/2012

When illness brings spiritual suffering
By Sue Wintz
Chaplain offers guidance on how to find comfort when our beliefs and values we hold are challenged.

By Sue Wintz  |  03:31 PM ET, 12/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Rev. Sue Wintz; PlainViews; HeathCare Chaplaincy; chaplains; death; life; family

Posted at 02:23 PM ET, 12/05/2012

Former minister: ‘We atheists love this time of year like everyone else’
By Dan Barker
In the American public square, there is room at the inn for all of us, says an atheist activist.

By Dan Barker  |  02:23 PM ET, 12/05/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Charles C. Haynes; Christmas wars; atheists; religious symbols; public property; December dilemma; all Americans; nonbelievers; stay home for the holidays; Christian groups; Nativity scenes; public spaces; Christians; Damon Vix; holiday displays; nonreligious displays; Santa Monica; Winter Solstice; Freedom From Religion Foundation; Christian; Christian Church; Jesus; Jesus Christ; pagan sun gods; Savior; saviors; messianic Jews; Romans; Saturnalia; New Year; Dies Natalis of Sol Invictus; Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun; new year; reason for the season; shortest day of the year; lights; food; gifts; fun; music; family gatherings; return of the sun; evergreen; supernatural; birth of a god; beliefs; freedom of speech; freedom of religion; Protestantism; Puritans; Christmas; Roman Catholic; faith; Catholics;

Posted at 01:19 PM ET, 12/04/2012

Author: Surviving Kate Middleton’s ’s pregnancy disease was a test of faith
By Ashli Foshee McCall
An HG sufferer prays the Duchess of Cambridge is spared the kind of treatment many women endure.

By Ashli Foshee McCall  |  01:19 PM ET, 12/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Kate’s pregnancy disease; Ashli Foshee McCall; Kate Middleton; British royal family; British royals; royal baby; Duchess of Cambridge; William and Kate; hyperemesis gravidarum; HG; morning sickness; pregnancy; babies; women; abortion; Beyond Morning Sickness: Battling Hyperemesis Gravidarum; BeyondMorningSickness.com; HG sufferers; Mama Has Hyperemesis Gravidarum (But Only For A While);

Posted at 11:06 AM ET, 11/23/2012

Where are so-called ‘family’ organizations on Black Friday? Not where they should be.
By Ross Murray
Groups critical of LGBT community are silent on the meaning of Thanksgiving lost to shopping frenzy, says a GLAAD official.

By Ross Murray  |  11:06 AM ET, 11/23/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Ross Murray; LGBT; lesbian gay bisexual transgender people; family organizations; Black Friday; Thanksgiving; GLAAD; The Naming Project; LGBT youth; giving thanks; shopping; retail holiday; faith-based camp; War on Christmas; black friday ads; black friday 2012; black friday sales; black friday deals; black friday 2012 ads; Target black friday 2012; Best Buy black friday 2012; Wal-Mart black friday 2012; black friday 2012 sales; black friday sales 2012; black friday 2011 deals; shopping; holiday shopping; family-oriented holiday; America; American; malls; pseudo-holiday; holiday shopping season; Sears; Toys R Us; Thanksgiving Day; football; food; meals; family meal;

Posted at 04:19 PM ET, 11/21/2012

Thanksgiving?
By Niels C. Nielsen
The Pilgrims did not believe that we live in a moral vacuum, says author of “God in the Obama Era.”

By Niels C. Nielsen  |  04:19 PM ET, 11/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Thanksgiving; turkey; turkey pardon; obama turkey pardon; PETA turkey; Ben Franklin turkey; Cobbler and Gobbler; Cobbler turkey; Gobbler turkey; sasha and malia; Niels C. Nielsen; President Obama; President Barack Obama; God in the Obama Era; God in the Obama Era: Presidents’ Ethics and Religion from George Washington to Barack Obama; Leonard Bacon; religious faith; religious communities; God at Thanksgiving; holiday; holidays; meal; families; family reunion; shopping sprees; oldest American holiday; independence of our nation; day of celebration; Puritans; Pilgrims; first Thanksgiving; Protestant Pilgrims; Christians; England; joy; fellowship; civil religion; Indians; native Americans; presidential Thanksgiving proclamations; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Civil War; the Civil War; nation’s chief executives; Providence; providence; thanks; divine blessings; unbelievers; nonbelievers; nontheists; secular; humanists; fate; good luck; blessings; luck; celebration; Paul Tillich; ultimate concern; faith; God bless America.

Posted at 02:19 PM ET, 11/21/2012

Thanks to humanity!
By Roy Speckhardt
Humanists are thankful for thinkers and activists who risked their lives to bring us freedoms, says an American Humanist Association leader.

By Roy Speckhardt  |  02:19 PM ET, 11/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:57 PM ET, 11/21/2012

A day devoted to gratitude
By Edgar M. Bronfman
The holiday is also a time to reflect on what it means to be American, says a Canadian-born philanthropist.

By Edgar M. Bronfman  |  01:57 PM ET, 11/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:03 PM ET, 11/21/2012

Thanks and giving: Why Wal-Mart “Black Friday” strikes are important
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Being able to rest from your labors and give thanks with loved ones is crucial in this treadmill economy.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  01:03 PM ET, 11/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Retail; retailer; economy; economics; sale; sales; discount; discounts; Wal-Mart; Wal-Mart workers; Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite; Occupy the Bible; Thanksgiving; holiday; retail; stores; shopping; family; holiday; holidays; worker; working; rest; respect; families

Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 11/21/2012

Novelist Anne Lamott: What I’m really thankful for this Thanksgiving
By Anne Lamott
There will be a lot of thanks and grace to go around the author’s small and motley gathering.

By Anne Lamott  |  11:55 AM ET, 11/21/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Thankful; Thanksgiving; holiday; holidays; Anne Lamott; novelist Anne Lamott; author Anne Lamott; Lamott; Help Thanks Wow; Catholics; Mary; Jesus; family; love; meal; claddagh rings; Claddagh; Irish; Irish Catholic; Star Trek; host; German; Hesse; family traditions; traditions; happy holidays; guests; friends; ecumenical; Higher Power; God; spirituality; spirit; children; kids; cooking; miracle; grateful; Mother-Father; God; Creator; Source; food; joy; loss; Amen; grace; thanks

Posted at 02:56 PM ET, 11/20/2012

Raising the bar of LGBT inclusion within the Jewish world
By Chad Griffin and Lynn Schusterman
Groups participated in Human Rights Campaign survey to gauge LGBT policies and practices.

By Chad Griffin and Lynn Schusterman  |  02:56 PM ET, 11/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Inclusion; LGBT inclusion; Chad Griffin; Lynn Schusterman; Jewish world; Jewish tradition; kavod habriyot; b’tzelem elohim; faith traditions; lesbians gays bisexual transgender; humanity; diversity of all people; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; friends, family members; colleagues; faith communities;

Posted at 11:41 AM ET, 11/19/2012

U-Va. sociology professor: Parenting in red, blue and purple America
By W. Bradford Wilcox
Cultural divides so evident in the political arena also extend to the family arena, says U-Va’s National Marriage Project director.

By W. Bradford Wilcox  |  11:41 AM ET, 11/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  W. Bradford Wilcox; National Marriage Project; University of Virginia; religious divide; family arena; presidential election; election 2012; campaign 2012; President Obama; Mitt Romney; religious conservatives; secular progressives

Posted at 03:16 PM ET, 11/13/2012

Rabbi in Canada on his mother’s unveiling: The undoing of closure
By Chaim Steinmetz
“I had been warned by others that unveilings can reopen old wounds; and that’s what happened to me.”

By Chaim Steinmetz  |  03:16 PM ET, 11/13/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Chaim Steinmetz; Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz; Judaism; family; death; mother; tradition; unveilings

Posted at 03:03 PM ET, 08/20/2012

Family Research Council shooting: A call for prayer to end violence

By Nancy Wilson
We can persuade others that it is time to restore a sense of security and well-being, respect and care.

By Nancy Wilson  |  03:03 PM ET, 08/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Family Research Council shooting, Floyrd Lee Corkins II, the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, gun violence

Posted at 04:43 PM ET, 08/17/2012

Time to change the conversation from demonizing to finding common ground
By Becky Garrison
Family Research Council shooting doesn’t erase decades of misformation about gays.

By Becky Garrison  |  04:43 PM ET, 08/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Family Research Council shooting, Souther Poverty Law Center, LGBT community, advocacy groups

Posted at 11:57 AM ET, 08/16/2012

LGBT groups stand in solidarity with the Family Research Council
By Becky Garrison
Groups condemn shooting at the conservative organization’s headquarters that injured a security guard; reports suggested the gunman disagreed with the Family Research Council’s positions, yet no major LGBT groups claim any affiliation with the suspect.

By Becky Garrison  |  11:57 AM ET, 08/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Family Research Council shooting, LGBT, same-sex marriage, conservative views, Floyd Lee Corkins II, the Family Research Council, FRC shooting

Posted at 07:11 PM ET, 08/10/2012

Never forget: Jewish faith integral to family’s fight against Alzheimer’s
By Trish Vradenburg and George Vradenburg
We will not forget – we will remember – the injustice of a disease that destroys the very life memories that make us human.

By Trish Vradenburg and George Vradenburg  |  07:11 PM ET, 08/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Alzheimer's disease, never forget, Judaism, family, Trisha and George Vrandenburg

Posted at 06:11 PM ET, 07/10/2012

Faith-based organizations to make new commitments at London Family Planning Summit

By David Olson
“Family planning is morally laudable in Christian terms,” says one evangelical leader.

By David Olson  |  06:11 PM ET, 07/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, family planning, London, summit