by aflpost | Jun 3, 2024 | AFL Publications, Bioethics, End of Life
In 2013, my mother had a massive stroke and was put into “Comfort Care”; the doctors said she would never recover or become conscious again. As they made their case for us to accept this diagnosis and level of medical care they were proposing, they kept reinforcing...
by aflpost | Mar 4, 2024 | AFL Publications, End of Life, Suffering
By: Sydney Alleyne, AFL Social Media Specialist Grief is a journey marked by pain, confusion, and sometimes despair, yet within its depths lie seeds of hope and the promise of healing. This is the journey that Brave Penny, a nonprofit grief ministry that’s mission is...
by afladmin | May 31, 2023 | AFL Publications, Bioethics
The following report was compiled using information provided by Dr. Paul A. Byrne and Dr. Heidi T. Klessig. Dr. Byrne has been a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toledo, College of Medicine for decades, as well as a writer and speaker on “brain...
by afladmin | Feb 23, 2021 | Abortion, Capital Punishment, End of Life, Social Justice
Every January, like clockwork, I receive at least one communication from someone who has heard about Anglicans for Life and wants to get involved with the ministry, but for the fact that we do not take a position against capital punishment. This year I have received...
by afladmin | Jan 6, 2020 | Abortion, End of Life
Our cultural context for mission is changing dramatically with regard to the sanctity of life. The push for assisted suicide brings with it a grievous devaluing of human life. The supposed “right to die” often, perhaps inexorably, becomes a duty to die. In Canada,...
