“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This oft-quoted phrase, usually attributed to the philosopher George Santayana, was probably coined by Edmund Burke when he said “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” A more trenchant... Read More →

  “The baby won’t live to be fourteen.” Our grandmother would announce her skepticism about my cousin’s life expectancy as easily as she would announce that the weatherman had predicted rain. Of course, there was nothing magic about the age of fourteen—every anticipated... Read More →

[This reflection was written by Peter Barry, who is a good friend of Rev. Ross Blackburn. Mr. Barry, his wife Elizabeth and their seven children live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They attend Christ Church at Grove Farm.]   “Is the Fetus a person?” The title of Dr. Roy Bow... Read More →

Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. If I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to... Read More →