by Hunter and Amberle Brown | May 16, 2019 | Advocacy, Culture of Life, Special Needs Ministry
I stood at the front of a chapel a few weeks ago, the spring Baltimore sunshine cutting through stained glass. Facing me, thirty-one individuals stood. Nearly one third of the room. These thirty-one people were standing to represent the 31.9% of non-institutionalized...
by Lisa Jamieson | May 1, 2018 | Church Support, Culture of Life, Families, Special needs siblings
When our daughter, Carly, was finally accurately diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome at two and a half years old, my husband and I were just beginning to learn what the Bible had to say about disability and suffering. In the years that followed, we became increasingly...
by Sandra Peoples | Aug 17, 2017 | Controversies, Culture of Life, Down syndrome
I’ve seen the CBS News report shared all over social media the last couple of days. Many Christians are outraged at not only the point of the story (that Iceland has an almost 100% abortion rate, as I mentioned in my piece earlier in the month), but also how CBS...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | May 2, 2017 | Advocacy, Controversies, Culture of Life, Mental Health
There are no words. I direct our readers to this post from last weekend by Wesley Smith on the National Review’s website describing the decision of a religious order in Belgium that operates 15 psychiatric hospitals with a combined 5,000 beds to permit...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Dec 12, 2016 | Advocacy, Controversies, Culture of Life, Key Ministry
Count me among a very small number of child and adolescent psychiatrists very troubled by the proliferation of “safe spaces.”In the last few years, the idea has proliferated that students on college campuses are entitled to protection from speakers,...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Oct 16, 2016 | Controversies, Culture of Life, Key Ministry, Leadership
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received...