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Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves the purposeful termination of a potential life. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart I spent much of my professional life working to help premature babies survive. My religious sensitivities and my professional work lead me to abhor abortion except in cases when aRead more

When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:33-34) Much of this post could easily apply to all countries and governments around this earth. My primary focus, however,Read more

Jesus commanded St. Peter, the disciple who had betrayed Jesus, to “Feed my lambs,” “Tend my sheep,” and “Feed my sheep,” (John’s Gospel 21:15-17.) By issuing these commands, Jesus showed that he had forgiven Peter. The three commands are often put forth simply as “Feed my sheep.” Theologians may argue that the Word of GodRead more

Albert Einstein and other modern physicists tell us that the past, present, and future all exist simultaneously, a scientific theory that deserves a separate future post. Nevertheless, people whose heritage and traditions arise from Western civilization and Judeo-Christianity perceive time as a phenomenon that constantly propels us into the future. The sense of time flowingRead more

When I was in the second grade, I spent an afternoon playing at a friend’s home across town from where my family lived. At supper that evening, I recounted all the things I had seen, the size of my friend’s home, his family’s possessions. I asked my father why our house was so much smaller,Read more

Of the several important things I learned in my senior philosophy course at LaGrange College, one dictum has particular relevance to the continuing controversy about abortion: The answers we receive are dependent upon the questions we ask. On the subject of legal abortion, most people—those who oppose and those who support—don’t seem to be addressingRead more

National and state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (RFRAs) and the U.S. Constitution conflict with each other in important aspects. This divergence arises because many citizens fail to understand, or are unwilling to admit, that the explicit words of our noble secular Constitution are silent on religious matters except by exclusion. RFRAs, however, attempt to imposeRead more

The much-publicized case of Ms. Kimberly Jean Bailey Davis (Ms. Kim Davis) the elected country clerk for Rowan County, KY intrigues me on several levels. Ms. Davis defied an order from Judge David L. Bunning of the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky that she issue marriage licenses to same gender couples. ThisRead more

Most mornings, our bedside Bose clock radio sounds an alarm ten minutes before the time I wanted, the night before, to get out of bed. This interval allows my brain and body to communicate over the prospect of arising. Often this dialog takes the following format: Brain to Body: “Get up, you’ve spent too muchRead more

Full disclosure: I am a Judeo-Christian who struggles to profess, witness to, and worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; and I also wrestle with how to serve all my brothers and sisters in imitation of Christ. In the political arena, my politics are those of Jesus Christ resurrected. I think of God as aRead more