From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
Author Archives: Laura Bramble
The Meaning of Christmas Does Not Belong to Just Christians
I ran across an article about a group called Advent Conspiracy. This group and its message of “Worship fully, Spend less, Give more, Love all” really brings focus to the teachings of Christ and how they apply to Christmas. Yet, if you look at the message, you will find that it resonates with core beliefs [...]
Posted in Culture & History Tagged Christian, Christmas, commercialism, faith, religion Leave a comment
Hunger and the Holidays
While most of us were enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner, the USDA released a very disturbing report. One in six of us in the United States did not have enough food in the cupboard to eat Thanksgiving dinner. One in four American children lives in a home that experiences food shortages and regularly goes to bed hungry.
Mediocrity? Food for Thought at the Thanksgiving Table
We need to look around to see the good that can be done by just being who we are in the place where we are and to be thankful for what we can accomplish. Think about the good that can be done, how great our country and our world would be, if instead of directing our efforts at fighting with each other, we worked together and fought the common causes that bring this world down.
Not Black Does Not Equal White
How we receive and respond to other people’s views is as important as how we propose our own. There is no point advancing your views if you have created a climate where no one will want to listen by alienating everyone... unless you just like to hear yourself talk.
Posted in Current Events, Politics & Economy Tagged personal attack, polarization, public debate Leave a comment
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