Progressive Christians Do Care About Abortion: A Response to Rachel Held Evans

May 7, 2013 By 18 Comments
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Blogger/author Rachel Held Evans wrote an excellent post last week titled Why Progressive Christians Should Care About Abortion. She traced her own history, from embracing an evangelical pro-life stance to her gradual understanding of abortion’s complexities, and recognition that those who are “pro-life” do not always support policies that sustain non-fetal lives, such as those [...]

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Taboo Stories About Disability: What We’re Not Allowed to Say

March 12, 2013 By 24 Comments

Last week’s New York Times featured a story about Joshua Miele, who at the age of four in 1973, answered the door of his Brooklyn home to a man he recognized as a neighbor. The man, for no reason other than his disordered thinking due to mental illness, threw acid into the boy’s face. A [...]

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How the Story of a Surrogate, Expectant Parents, and a Baby Reveals the Pitfalls of Repro Tech

March 6, 2013 By 8 Comments

Fundamentally, it is simply a sad story, one that took place just a few miles from where I live, in the hospital where I gave birth to two of my own babies. As CNN reports, Connecticut resident Crystal Kelley agreed to carry a baby for a couple who had three children and wanted a fourth. [...]

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