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I titled a post last week, “Does Every Human Life Have Value?” And I wrote my answer. In a word, yes. But my husband pointed out that I could have taken it a step further and asked, “Is every human life equally valuable?” Again, my answer is yes. But perhaps that’s a harder case to…

I was recently asked by an editor at Patheos to respond to a “theoblogger” challenge, and to answer the following question in 100 words or yes: “Why do you take communion?” My answer: I’ve been to seminary and heard the debates about symbolism and transubstantiation and everything in between. I’ve read the Bible stories. I’ve meditated…

My friend Ellen Painter Dollar has two reflections on pain for her.meneutics. Both offer interesting reflections upon the nature of pain, the value of pain, and the hope for healing: Is Pain Relief a Human Right? and Does God Want Us to Suffer? I was also interested in Time’s cover article about the impact of…

I’ve written, in various forums, about the topic of my forthcoming book, A Good and Perfect Gift, quite a few times already. Its the story of coming to understand that every human life is a valuable one, with something to offer the rest of us, if only we have eyes and hearts to see and…
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