Breaking Down and Building Up: Healing From Abuse
Crystalina Evert, founder of Women Made New Ministries and co-founder of Chastity Project. Pulling from her own personal experience, Evert speaks on the trauma of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and how abuses in a woman’s past affects her present views, relationships, and feelings. Evert also walks through the step-by-step healing process she finds most […]
Conservative Named To Federal Court of Appeals Serving NC
The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. The court, which has 15 active circuit judges, hears appeals of cases from federal district courts in these five states, as well as […]
Expert Insight Into NC’s Upcoming Legislative Session
This week on Family Policy Matters, NC Family is pleased to bring you a special look into one of our Cornerstone Community calls. Our most recent call featured special guest Paul “Skip” Stam, former Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Along with NC Family President John Rustin, Stam shares his insight […]
Get Ready NC! Abortion Activists Are Taking Their Fight to the States
Just days after New York lawmakers took our breath away by passing one of the most radical and thoroughly heartless abortion laws in recent memory amidst jubilant celebration, a Virginia lawmaker testified before a committee on a similar bill in that state. Virginia lawmaker Kathy Tran, speaking before a committee, admitted that her bill would […]
New York’s War on Children Hits a New Low on Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
In an astounding vote on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York legislature paved the way for abortions in the Empire State at practically any time up until the birth of the child and for almost any reason. The New York State Senate passed the Reproductive Health Act late in the evening […]
Lessons From Little Ones About The Heart Of God
Erin Hawley, Law Professor at the University of Missouri and wife of newly elected U.S. Congressman Josh Hawley of Missouri, discusses her new book, Living Beloved: Lessons from my little ones about the heart of God. Family Policy Matters Transcript: Lessons From Little Ones About The Heart Of God TRACI GRIGGS: This is Family Policy Matters, […]
POV: In Defense of Millennials
Everywhere we go, people ask my college professor husband, “What’s up with young people these days?” They think he has a unique perspective on “what’s wrong with those darned Millennials!” And he does. But it’s not the assessment people often expect. He usually answers something along the lines of: “The young people I know make […]
POV: A Nobel Cause
“Throughout history there are Christians who chose to run into the brokenness, not away from it. And one just won the Nobel Peace Prize.” —John Stonestreet A group from our church spent last Saturday tearing out the inside of a flooded out home in Eastern North Carolina. It took 18 of us working for a […]
AT ISSUE: Casting Off Precious Jewels
I’ve had the pleasure of working as a communications consultant with various amazing non-profits over my professional life. One of the biggest hurdles I often faced was convincing organizational leaders that what they did on a day-to-day basis was exciting, and that their everyday success stories would be inspiring to potential supporters. Because they were […]
North Carolina—Help and Prayers Are On The Way!
What a tough week! Those who were fortunate enough to escape the destruction of Hurricane Florence have mourned all week over the images pouring in from much of Eastern North Carolina and other areas around the state. For those who suffered the storm’s wrath, please know that the NC Family “family,” our staff, and Board […]