{"id":602,"date":"2011-03-28T09:17:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/?p=602"},"modified":"2011-03-28T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:17:39","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-reading-articles-on-genetics-depression-hospitals-and-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2011\/03\/what-i%e2%80%99m-reading-articles-on-genetics-depression-hospitals-and-disability.html","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Reading: Articles on genetics, depression, hospitals, and disability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, I spend a lot of time with my Iphone. When I\u2019m nursing Marilee, I read. I have an app for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time Magazine, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Christianity Today, and the ESV Bible. Although I wish I had more time to offer my own thoughts and questions prompted by what I\u2019m reading, the Iphone isn\u2019t very conducive to typing. So here\u2019s a list of articles I found interesting in the wee hours of the morning:<\/p>\n<p>Nature or Nurture? Karen Swallow Prior reflects on the way Christian theology and genetics support the same conclusions: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2011\/marchweb-only\/sindoublehelix.html?start=1\">Sin and the Double Helix<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/gXQEmQ\">Postpartum Depression for Dads<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/gBkxzF\">What Makes a Hospital Great<\/a>? It isn\u2019t necessarily the expertise of the staff, but the way the staff communicates with one another\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beaconbroadside.com\/broadside\/2011\/03\/postcard-from-japan-disability-and-disaster.html\">Disability In Japan<\/a>: a reflection on the recent disaster from the eyes of the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/US\/03\/25\/california.triplets.visitation\/index.html?hpt=T2\">the conflict over visitation rights<\/a> for triplets whose mother suffered severe brain damage while giving birth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, I spend a lot of time with my Iphone. When I\u2019m nursing Marilee, I read. I have an app for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time Magazine, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Christianity Today, and the ESV Bible. 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