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Senior Pictures Becoming Big Business
- Statesman
"Our average sale for a senior is $1,200 to $1,500, but some parents have spent up to $5,000," Meyer said.
Study Claims Moms Mimic Daughters in Fashion
- CNN
"We live in a society that one of the main values is to look younger," Ruvio said. "Most of these women have kids, work and they don't have time to monitor the market and see what is cool and hip, so they basically take a shortcut. Through their teenage daughters, they know they're safe."
New York: Sex Ed Becomes Mandatory
- Fox News
It’s the first time in nearly two decades that middle and high school students will be forced to take the mandatory classes, according to a report first published in The New York Times.
A nation in mourning for Navy SEAL Team 6
- Washington Examiner
As the nation mourns its loss, just as it has the losses of 10 years of a war it did not choose and which it cannot avoid, the greatest thing that civilians can do is remember that their lives and the lives of their children and grandchildren are what they are because of warriors flying through mountain passes half a world away
10 Hidden Benefits of Having Children
- Fox News
Come along as we explore the top 10 hidden benefits of having children.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/08/05/10-hidden-benefits-having-children/#ixzz1USLudd6r
“Heroes” Sue Rescued Woman
- AP
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle.
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 Most Americans Consider Easter a Religious Holiday, But Fewer Correctly Identify its Meaning
- Barna Group
A huge party is thrown in honor of your graduation and you are excited to see that so many people you know have come to celebrate your achievement. You see an old friend at the punch bowl and thank him for coming. “Oh, is this party for you?” he responds. Further inquiries lead to similar revelations: “You’re graduating? Great!” says one friend, another admits: “Oh, I just like a party; I didn’t know it was for you.”
Suddenly you feel a little less honored. For many of your friends, your years of hard work are now just an excuse to attend a party.
During the Easter season, there is also a lot to be excited about: the arrival of spring, gathering of family and fun traditions like decorating eggs and hunting for them. Like partygoers, it’s easy to get so wrapped up in the celebration that we forget the purpose of the party.
The Barna Group, through nationwide polling, found that just 42% of Americans could correctly identify Easter as a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Even among self-described “born-again” Christians, barely over half could correctly explain Easter’s significance. Moreover, only 2% of Americans, one out of 50, said that Easter was the “most important holiday of their faith.”
- When you think of Easter what comes to mind? What does Easter mean to you?
- Where would you rank Easter among the religious holidays of your faith?
- What other Christian holidays do you celebrate, and what is their significance?
In 1 Corinthians 15:13,14, Paul, arguing for the importance of resurrection, says “But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.”
- Why does Paul say that our faith is in vain if Jesus did not rise from the dead?
Paul continues in verses 17-19: “and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.”
- Paul implies that our faith, without the resurrection only gives up hope for “this life only” – why does he say this?
- What things can we do, as a family or an individual, to make the meaning of Easter more of a focus this year? What traditions do you have, or can you start, that will reflect the importance of Christ’s resurrection?
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