1. Where abortion policies stand now: Joe Carter explains the impact of last week’s votes, “We need to engage sympathetically with Americans who harbor reservations about stronger restrictions, understanding their concerns while making a compelling case for protecting life. This requires developing more nuanced and persuasive arguments that can reach beyond our existing base of support.”

2. Finding Jesus in Aisle 3: Allana Walker explains what God taught her as she worked retail, “Disappointment settled on my heart as I straightened up and scanned the toilet, checking for missed spots. I had pursued graduate studies to escape minimum-wage jobs, and yet here I was ten months out of grad school, still working a part-time retail gig to pay my bills while I established myself as a writer and editor.”

3. Love your ‘good kid’ enough to show them they are bad: Jimmy Needham shares, “As a father of five, I’m increasingly concerned about my kids’ behavior. Not their bad behavior. Their good behavior. Don’t get me wrong; I’d much rather have obedient children than hellions. And thanks be to God, mine are (mostly) the former. But the longer I parent, the more I ask myself this question: What if my children’s biggest obstacle to faith isn’t their badness but their “goodness”?”

4. Why your taste buds are more important than you think: I learned a handful of new things in this video.

5. America’s Doordash preferences 2013 v. 2023: Speaking of taste buds: quite a bit of change here. What’s your favorite thing to order-out?

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