Posted on Jun 18th, 2013 in
childbearing decisions,
ethics,
family size,
gamete donation,
genetic screening,
how many children to have,
IVF,
kids,
Lauren Sandler,
No Easy Choice,
One and Only,
only children,
parenthood,
PGD,
reproductive decision-making,
reproductive decisions,
reproductive technology,
women
Whether you choose to have one child or many, the children you end up with, and your willingness to embrace them no matter how they differ from the children you expected, will be the most important outcomes of your childbearing decisions.
Posted on Jun 17th, 2013 in
book reviews,
books,
Dale Hanson Bourke,
Direct Answers,
ethics,
Holocaust,
InterVarsity Press,
Israel,
Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Judaism,
Middle East,
narrative ethics,
Palestine,
Palestinians,
Skeptic's Guides,
story,
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tough Questions,
West Bank
Whether we're telling stories or absorbing facts (or ideally, doing both), we are called to be compassionate listeners. Dale Hanson Bourke's book, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Tough Questions, Direct Answers is a vital tool for that endeavor.
Posted on Jun 10th, 2013 in
ethics,
family,
fathers,
judgment,
kids,
mothers,
parenthood,
parenting,
parenting culture,
perfectionism,
raising children,
women
Parents love to judge each other for all kinds of perceived failures. Here are some common ways in which parents judge other parents harshly—and suggestions for replacing judgment with empathy and respect.
Posted on May 28th, 2013 in
Christianity,
Conference on Medicine and Religion,
disabilities,
disability,
ethics,
fertility clinics,
God,
infertility,
IVF,
No Easy Choice,
OI,
parenthood,
PGD,
prenatal testing,
reproductive technology,
vaccination,
vaccines,
Voices for Vaccines
Last fall I pointed blog readers to my colleague Rachel Stone’s post on vaccination as an expression of neighborly love. Today, Rachel has a follow-up post of sorts, commenting on a Mother Jones article indicating that poverty and other family is...
Posted on May 23rd, 2013 in
Bangladesh,
Christianity,
clothing,
cultural change,
embodied faith,
environmentalism,
ethical living,
ethics,
garment workers,
God,
Kingdom of God,
local food,
money,
Western culture
Significant lifestyle changes (or even small changes) for the good of our earth and its inhabitants become sustainable and adoptable by a large population only when communal values change enough that healthier, more humane practices become the norm. Bi...