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Mennonites Split Over Same-Sex Marriage

Mennonites Split Over Same-Sex Marriage

The largest conference of Mennonite congregations in the U.S. has officially split from the Mennonite community Monday over concerns that the wider church is beginning to affirm LGBT lifestyles. The Lancaster Mennonite Conference (LMC) had voted to leave the Mennonite Church...

Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good.

Is Your Child Lying to You? That’s Good.

Should parents be troubled when their kids start to deceive them? Odds are, most of us would say yes. We believe honesty is a moral imperative, and we try to instill this belief in our children. Classic morality tales like “The...

No More Alimony Deduction, for Most, But Not All

No More Alimony Deduction, for Most, But Not All

House Republicans pushing a tax overhaul have managed to do something that's extremely difficult to pull off. They've found a way to make the searing pain of divorce even more difficult for families. The reason is a provision — little known except...

Co-parenting After Divorce, Like It Or Not

Co-parenting After Divorce, Like It Or Not

The every-other-weekend dad, born from two generations of soaring divorce rates, was once a conventional part of American culture. In recent years, more couples have been agreeing to parent after divorce as they did in marriage: collaboratively.