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  I recently made a trip to Tabora, Tanzania, a place most people I know have probably never heard of let alone visited. Certainly, I would not have heard of it but for a connection with the Anglican bishop there, who had repeatedly invited me to visit his diocese. The trip... Read More →

  A federal court case recently affirmed that the pro-abortion Equal Rights Amendment is not a part of the Constitution, despite last-second claims by President Joe Biden. The acknowledgement came when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a... Read More →

    A Virginia high school is investigating claims that staffers helped facilitate abortions for two teen girls without their parents’ knowledge. Fairfax County Schools launched the investigation following media reporting on the controversy. However, the whistleblower... Read More →

  This is my second, and last, Pastoral Reflection that centers on a declaration for life. Promise. In 1988, a small group of United Methodist pastors began discussing the possibility of writing a declaration addressed to The United Methodist Church on life and abortion. In... Read More →

  You’d have to search pretty deep in the news to find the story about Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, born July 26.  If you do find the story, it’ll likely be festooned with language about “miracle baby” or curiosity click-bait about “world’s oldest baby.”  Just don’t expect much... Read More →

Love must be learned. Which is why there is no better example of love in our world than that of mothers, who both love and learn to love by giving themselves to another—often at great cost. It is also why pro-choice culture is so deeply destructive. For a culture that is all... Read More →

  The conventional meaning of being “pro-life” is related to the abortion issue. Whereas abortion advocates identified themselves as being “pro-abortion” or “pro-choice,” those who opposed abortion responded by calling themselves “pro-life.” Being “anti-abortion” was a tag... Read More →

  It’s hard to know what to do with a film that begins with the end of the universe. The Life of Chuck places us in a generic urban/suburban world where normal things are starting to unravel. In a traffic snarl, a schoolteacher (Marty) sees a billboard with the picture of an... Read More →

  One hundred years ago, John Scopes was convicted of violating Tennessee’s ban on teaching evolution. His trial—enshrined in popular mythology as a victory of enlightened science over benighted religion—left more behind than just a courtroom verdict. It helped entrench a... Read More →

Washington state officials will take $11 million from an emergency fund to give to Planned Parenthood to ensure it could keep aborting babies. The decision followed President Donald Trump’s signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a massive budget law that defunded Planned Parenthood... Read More →