Excerpted from a post at Braided Trails. By the time Melissa Ohden wrote her book You Carried Me, she had already spent several years sharing her story publicly. That didn’t come easily to her – “I’m most comfortable behind the scenes, to be perfectly honest” – but she knew that speaking out was the only wayContinue reading “Healing, serving, thriving: Melissa Ohden on the Abortion Survivors Network”
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Open Book: a father-daughter devotional
I don’t know who invited Lent to the party so early, but here it comes – on Valentine’s Day, no less. I’ve found a short devotional book with which to enter the season: There You Are, God by the father-daughter team of Deacon Steve Lumbert and Karina Fabian. I know Karina from her work with CatholicContinue reading “Open Book: a father-daughter devotional”
Not to be denied: abortion survivors speak out together
Abortion Survivors Break Their Silence by Melissa Ohden with Cindy Lambert (Focus on the Family, 2024) “There’s no such thing as abortion until birth.” I’ve heard that time and again from legislators who resist “born-alive” bills that would ensure care for children who survive attempted abortion. Melissa Ohden knows better. She survived an attempt toContinue reading “Not to be denied: abortion survivors speak out together”
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