Those babies in strollers are actually dogs? Fertility rates crashing, but pet sales are booming

A new Michigan war protest is dubbed “No Dogs Left Behind,” honoring the animals (and humans) abandoned when U.S. forces fled Afghanistan.

Birth rates for babies are at a record low while there is new demand for dogs. Strollers and playpens developed for babies are now back with “dog” versions…

All the PR hype misses the fundamentals: The best James Bond films have seven ingredients in common

How do you bring back James Bond? Revenues are down after scoring a 2012 record, but seven 007 secrets provide a road map to future success.

Most of the “next James Bond” speculation stories — and Hollywood in general — tend to forget these seven 007 secrets:

1. Start with a bold, brave and believable Bond

Life in our high-speed social media age is sometimes like walking three dogs, each going in totally different directions

Life’s tug of war offers two ways to win: pull harder — or drop the rope.

Is your phone blowing up? All sorts of people pulling you in every direction? It’s kind of like walking three dogs at once (I’ve done this, see photo above).

Each wants to go a…

The real reason non-believers don’t trust or believe in happily ever? They always need an escape hatch, ways to end, terminate relationships

Few know the true meaning of religion: the Latin root Ligare means “to bind.” Religare leads you to re-bind, re-connect, renew, and relationship.

“The word ‘religion’ means literally a binding relationship,” scholar Peter Kreeft explains in his new book, Food for the Soul. “Religion is a relationship. …

The hidden Christianity within ‘As long as you love me’ — How the Backstreet Boys unwittingly spread the faith

I sinned — slipped — so I prayed. The immediate answer that popped into my mind was an old Backstreet Boys song.

“I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, what you did as long as you love me.”

I have never been — and never shall be —…

Was she a prophet? In 1989, a Cher song about time perfectly predicted the tribal snarky social media era of today

Cher lit up Twitter, sharing an encounter with a beautiful young couple. So captivated by their love, she asked to photograph them together.

No one knew (until the photo appeared on Twitter) that the 75-year-old masked photographer was the legendary Cher, a pop idol since 1964. …

For the second year in a row, the most-listened-to podcast in America is Fr. Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest, reading the Bible

Hating goodbyes, an emotional Father Mike Schmitz closed his 365th Bible in a Year podcast promising to see us again tomorrow. For the second year in a row, his podcast is №1 again in every category.

“I don’t have words that can capture the weight of how much you have…

Pope Francis, Father Mike Schmitz explain the difference between the dog you buy and being adopted by God Himself

Pope Francis warns “the richness of fatherhood and motherhood is lost” and Western Civilization itself is threatened by the “selfishness” of couples choosing to adopt dogs and cats rather than children.

“Yes, dogs and cats take the place of children,” Pope Francis said in his January 5 general audience. “Yes…

Joseph Serwach

Story + Identity = Mission. Author, Writer: Journalism, Leadership Culture, Communications, Religion, Education, History. Inspiration: Catholic, Polish.

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