by Valerie Steimle | Jul 3, 2014 | Bonds that Tie the Family
Summer has begun, and I have found myself splitting my time between my family and my job. I love my children, as most parents do, but financial obligations keep me working away from home, especially since I am a single mom. On the home front, some women feel trapped...
by Valerie Steimle | Oct 24, 2013 | Bonds that Tie the Family
Putting on the Armor of God As Christian families, we have all been admonished, exhorted, and counseled from many sources on how important parents and children are in a family. We all want to learn to get along with each other and we know the end goal of where we want...
by Valerie Steimle | Aug 2, 2013 | Bonds that Tie the Family
Over that past few months, news reports have surfaced about same sex attraction advocates and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (often inadvertently called the Mormon or LDS Church). This is a sensitive topic for sure, and some church members are in a...
by Valerie Steimle | Aug 2, 2013 | Bonds that Tie the Family
An interesting phenomenon happened after the tragedy of 9-11. For a short time the country became flag wavers and very patriotic. It was really amazing to see, as I have always been a flag waver, but six months later the flags came down, the bumper stickers were...
by Valerie Steimle | Mar 27, 2013 | Bonds that Tie the Family
What is it about being virtuous that the world doesn’t like? The word virtuous means “being of good moral quality.” A virtue is a character trait valued as being good. If we can see how virtue can be valued as something good, then we can see that the character trait...
by Valerie Steimle | Feb 12, 2013 | Bonds that Tie the Family
January of 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision of Roe v. Wade that overturned state abortion laws and which sanctioned abortion on demand across the United States. Since 1973, women all over the country have been able to take the...
