by afladmin | Jan 14, 2020 | Abortion
Abortion has touched my life deeply in ways that, for personal reasons, I cannot share in a public forum. In addition, as a pastor for 40 years, I have known many men and women working through the profound suffering associated with abortion. I recount that history not...
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,...
by afladmin | Dec 30, 2019 | Abortion, End of Life
“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all the nations: a light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.” (Luke 2:29-32)...
by afladmin | Dec 9, 2019 | Abortion, Pregnancy
A young, unmarried woman receives very unexpected news. Her fiancé does not handle it well. She anticipates the scorn of her close-knit, religious community. The woman’s story sounds all too familiar. However, her story is anything but normal, because this is Mary,...
by afladmin | Jun 27, 2019 | End of Life
My sweet mother-in-law passed away just over a year ago, early on Easter Sunday of 2018. I have always thought that that must be a wonderful day to go to Heaven. While we know Heaven is a place of constant praise and celebration of God, don’t you think it must be...
