I watched an interview this morning with Dr. Brian Skotko of the Children’s Hospital in Boston and Dr. Lachlan Forrow, Director of Ethics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The interview centers around the new blood test that can detect a fetus with Down syndrome prenatally in a non-invasive manner during the first trimester of…

Do you ever avoid reading/watching/thinking about something because you just don’t feel like dealing with it? I’d rather, for instance, ignore the gas mileage of our new Toyota Sienna (aka the Swagger Wagon), especially in comparison with the Prius we’ve been driving for the past two years. I’d like to pretend that clutter in our…

Between last week and this morning, I’ve been posting a series of reflections upon spiritual transformation. The following is my response to this morning’s question about how we can be transformed: Transformation isn’t under our control. And transformation comes through external forces–like taking a job or meeting a spouse or having a baby. But when…

Last week, I referenced an ongoing conversation with a reader about whether or not Christianity can inspire us (“Where Do You Go For Inspiration?” and “I Need Transformation More than Inspiration“.) I responded with the thought that Christianity offers to transform us instead. She wrote back: “I bet most of us experience inspiration to be fleeting.…

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