Pioneer Files: Notes from a Homeschooling Veteran
A man who lives without honor will not gain by education.
Unstoppable: Jim and Juanita Soyk
A good name is to be more desired than great wealth ~Psalms 22:1 (NASB) It’s Sunday afternoon, and our son’s dog is dancing in the kitchen because two of her favorite people are rolling up to our door. It takes … Continued
Living the Impossible
Impossible. That’s what they told us. Oh, they used different words at different hospitals, but they all said the same thing. After Kevin’s devastating spinal cord injury sustained in a fall, his situation seemed hopeless. He lay paralyzed from the … Continued
Charlie Gard: The Conscience of a Nation
He lies in a hospital room, his little eyes mostly closed. Although he is nearly a year old, he seems so small. Like millions of others, I only know Charlie because his picture and story have been in the news … Continued
The House That Grace Built
In a day, our world changed forever. It was nineteen years ago this month that our son Kevin broke his neck in a fall and sustained a devastating spinal cord injury. It’s one of those anniversaries that are bittersweet. So … Continued
What One “Useless Life” Taught Me
Just an old woman. She lay against the stark white sheets of the gurney, her face gray and her hands bent awkwardly inward. A series of strokes had long-silenced her lilting Southern twang, and she communicated much as an infant, … Continued
The Gift of Existence
It would have been so much easier to die. Kevin Thorson lay paralyzed in the grass of a church lawn in Canada. Moments earlier, he was practicing backflips with a friend when he missed a rotation, fell on his head, … Continued
Why I’m Not Fighting to Save Babies: Guest Post by Susanne Maynes
I’m honored to have writer and counselor Susanne Maynes with us here at Every Life Matters. Susanne has worked at a pregnancy resource center for eight years. Her heart for God and her service to women in crisis uniquely equips … Continued
Embrace the Pain
In much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. -Ecclesiastes 1:18 NASB The Witch of Buchenwald Ilse Koch was the wife of Karl Koch, commandant of the notorious Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp during World War … Continued