Unconditional Love
Essays

¶ … adoptive parents face when adopting a special needs child. The focus is on children with Sensory Integrative Dysfunction (SID) because these children present special challenges in that they need both more…

Stress and the breakup of a family -- through divorce, death, or separation -- have nearly always gone hand in hand. But when a "new" family is being created, with children in the picture and a new father (stepfather)…

The presence of a sensitive mother throughout a child's developmental period is an essential determinant of healthy growth and maturation. The establishment of a solid social and emotional foundation during a child's…

This paper reviews the pros and cons of gay adoption from a 'pro-gay' side. Examines the benefits for society as well as for children, in addition to addressing social justice and equality for gay people.

To understand Our Lady of Guadalupe, it is important to appreciate that her appearance was in response to the agony of the indigenous people faced at the hands of the Spanish invaders, and that her message was one of…

Passage -- John 5:13-21 "Closing Exhortations"

The document considers the differences between Christianity and Hinduism. The religions are compared and contrasted in terms of their views on the afterlife and morality. It is found that there are significant contrasts, although both consider a sense of morality and spirituality as important components of their faith.

Death and dying are natural parts of life, just as conception, pregnancy, birth, and maturation. Yet, the cultural paradigms surround the issue of death and dying change considerably by culture, chronology, and even…

¶ … David Powlison's book Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition through the Lens of Scripture. Powlison challenges those who counsel others to try to change their perspective and to look at problems…

Formally, teen pregnancy is based on a woman who will not reach her 20th birthday by the expected birth of her first child. This definition does not assume marriage, nor if the woman is legally an adult (depending on…