Here are two heart-breaking stories of women with terminal brain cancer. The first is moving to Oregon so she can avail herself of physician-assisted suicide, searching for control of her life and “death with dignity.” The second says why she is rejecting that option and
Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom. But now some of the English are thinking maybe they should secede. The other members–Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales–have their own parliaments and can vote on their own local issues. England, though, just has the one centralized
Days after Islamic terrorists used a car to kill a soldier in Ottawa–Canada’s capital–a terrorist killed another soldier at the National War Memorial and rushed inside the Canadian Parliament building. After some 30 shots were fired, a Sergeant-of-arms killed the attacker. Mounties reportedly were searching
A wedding chapel is not a church, though ordained ministers often preside at the marriages. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is insisting that two ministers who work for a wedding chapel must perform gay marriages. If they don’t, they will be in violation of the city’s non-discrimination
I am a squeamish person, and I dislike talking about bodily functions. But I stumbled upon a finding that is so interesting that I had to share it with you. Did you know that virtually all animals, from a dog to an elephant–including human beings–take
Denmark has more of its citizens per capita joining ISIL and al-Qaeda as foreign fighters than just about anywhere. Most countries prosecute such jihadists as terrorists when they come back home. But Denmark gives them jobs, spots in universities, and other perks. (more…)
Rev. Erik Parker, who blogs at The Millennial Pastor, has written a thoughtful piece on why he and others of this millennial generation prizes liturgical worship. He does not attack contemporary worship, and he writes in an irenic tone, summarizing the various attempts the church
Rev. Dr. Scott Murray is the 4th Vice President of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and the pastor of Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston, a good guy whom I know personally. You’ve got to read his statement on the mayor’s law firm that is subpoening
Forty-three people who had been in contact with Ebola victim Thomas Duncan have been cleared, proving not to have the disease. That’s a big relief for health officials, though 120 people are still being monitored. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says that the outbreaks in
In the times of the Greek democracy, the Roman republic, the American founding, and most of American history, liberty and equality were thought to go together. That changed, says Danielle Allen, author of a book on the Declaration of Independence First, Karl Marx taught that
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