BY CHRISTIAN ANDZEL Photo provided by Christian Andzel. Groundbreaking. If there was one other word besides "resilient" that describes...

BY ROB ARNER When measured against the standard of the ancient Christian church, contemporary American Christianity is in a moral mess. ...

BY ANTHONY BEDOY It seems a bit off to consider where the United States stands in comparison to most other countries in civil and human...

BY CAROLINE PILGRIM A eulogy upon hearing of a friend-of-a-friend's choice to abort I never met you, unformed face, Never met the three...

BY JOHN WHITEHEAD Photo by Debra Sweet; some rights reserved. The US government policy of killing suspected terrorists, whether by means...

BY NATE WILL SHEETS Immediately following the tragic shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, my Facebook was filled with friends and various...

The pro-life movement has been affected by tragic loss. Lifelong pro-life activist Mary Krane Derr passed away suddenly on November 30,...

BY MARY E. SASSO You captured my heart from the moment I knew My face always glowing, suspicions they grew Your beautiful body bonded to...

BY CAMILLE AUBREY MICA I am Lost. Taken. Bound. Broken. Sold. Day after day, Until I am dead. Touched, but so alone. Screaming with no...

BY MARY STROKA Apart from debates about the presidential election, several individual states' voters faced other controversies on ballots....

BY JOSEPH ANTONIELLO There is so little to say about the recent Lincoln film that has not already been said. One could go on and on...

BY ANONYMOUS In the United States, one in four adults will suffer from a mental health disorder in any given year. [1] With suicide as...

BY AIMEE MURPHY Photo provided by Michael Brooke. Michael Brooke is a wavemaker. His dream is peace and his heart is in the work; he...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL After the Obama victory in the 2012 election, commentators and political strategists have been discussing what, if any,...

BY MARY KRANE DERR The right to access the full range of voluntary family planning methods is often neglected or actively undermined in...

BY LILIANNA SERBICKI Swollen, a dream on its way to fruition; Nothing romantic. Lense (soft-focus) gone. Real fruit bruises; a real fruit...

BY AIMEE BEDOY I am writing this ten years to the day that those towers fell. And ten years later, I want us to discuss what we have...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois began when Governor George Ryan placed a moratorium on capital punishment...

BY AIMEE BEDOY & STEVEN OETJEN A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and...

BY NICHOLAS NEAL & AIMEE BEDOY On Tuesday, August 23rd, the rebel forces in Libya stormed Gadhafi's capital of Tripoli, thus declaring...