2012-06-14T20:00:19-04:00

Last updated on: June 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm   By

They’ve done it again. Yes, scientists have accomplished something incredible. And yes, their discovery poses grave ethical concerns that probably won’t be addressed sufficiently and as a result people may well get hurt and lives may well be lost. It seems to go this way. To read more, check out three articles: “New Breakthrough, Scientists Decipher Almost Entire Genome of Unborn Baby,” “Babies Could be Tested for 3500 Genetic Faults”  and “Genetic Screening of Unborn Babies May be Inaccurate.” Interesting... Read more

2012-06-14T08:38:04-04:00

Last updated on: June 14, 2012 at 8:38 am   By

We've been talking about this strange process of divvying up an estate, and whether or not material things should matter to us... Read more

2012-06-13T10:35:42-04:00

Last updated on: June 13, 2012 at 10:35 am   By

Books, film, and shows that affirm the highest values of the human spirit. Read more

2012-06-13T10:32:28-04:00

Last updated on: June 13, 2012 at 10:32 am   By

...my daughter has been included and accepted for who she is. She has grown in immeasurable ways because she has been loved and been able to love in return. Read more

2012-06-10T22:30:57-04:00

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Ross Douthat recently wrote a column about “Eugenics, Past and Future.” He writes: given our society’s track record with prenatal testing for Down syndrome, we also have a pretty good idea of what individuals and couples will do with comprehensive information about their unborn child’s potential prospects. In 90 percent of cases, a positive test for Down syndrome leads to an abortion. It is hard to imagine that more expansive knowledge won’t lead to similar forms of prenatal selection on an... Read more

2012-06-06T18:01:51-04:00

Last updated on: June 6, 2012 at 6:01 pm   By

A Good and Perfect Gift has been selected by Amazon as one of 100 books offered for discount prices on Kindle during the month of June. It’s available this month for $2.99–please spread the word! (If you don’t have a Kindle or other e-reading device, or if you’re like me and still enjoy turning pages and so forth, of course you can also just order the paperback.) Heather Grady recently reviewed A Good and Perfect Gift for the Englewood Review... Read more

2012-06-03T23:05:04-04:00

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My daughter has two mothers. My daughter also has two fathers, although only one is in her life. I didn’t know this at first. When Emma was placed with us at birth, I believed what I’d been told: that adoptive parents are the “real” parents. That love is enough. That as long as we didn’t keep secrets, and Emma could reach out to her biological family as an adult, she would be well-adjusted and free of trauma. That we had... Read more

2012-06-05T10:55:33-04:00

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The other day my son was looking through a box in the closet that had old photos in it. He would grab each photo and ask me if that was him or his sister. At the bottom of the box he found a framed photo of me holding a newborn baby in my arms. He asked the same question. I didn’t answer and since he is only three, he didn’t need a response from me. He proudly said: “That is me!” I took the framed... Read more

2012-06-04T08:37:39-04:00

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On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we read the akeydah – the story of the binding of Isaac. This year I am chanting the first three verses: After these things, G-d tested Abraham, saying to him “Abraham!” And he said “Here I am.” God said, “Take your son, your only one, the one you love, Isaac, and go forth to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt-offering, on one of the mountains that I will show you.”... Read more

2012-05-31T21:57:50-04:00

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We walked, side by side. Slowly. A close friend was going through a divorce when he sighed and said, “I think God meant for children to be with their biological parents.” Heartbroken at being separated from his daughters, he’d become keenly aware of the inherent—seemingly unavoidable—wrongness of the bind in which they’d all found themselves. His personal musing struck a deep chord in me, as an adult who was adopted as a child.  Could it be true?  I’d never heard... Read more

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