The story line on 9 Chickweed Lane continues. Unplanned pregnancies, particularly when the woman is left alone are difficult. But for many of those ladies, years later they look back and wonder how they could ever not have wanted the child who is now grown. Yes, I do realize the pain and hardship of being a […]

On 9 Chickweed Lane the discussion about an unplanned pregnancy continues. The author has not yet revealed what is the future for the pregnancy, but he is being very good at pointing out some of the dynamics of what really happens here in the USA. The discussion above is true to life for more than one […]

On a regular basis I have e-mails forwarded to me that purport to tell some true story, most often about a political personage with whom that person disagrees. Once in a while it is about some other personage that is supposed to teach a moral story, but those are fewer. Rarely, some form of health […]

Recently while looking for information regarding How to process visa application for my New Zealand trip next month I came across this post which said that there are many Canadians who have been now residing in the US with a residential visa. Upon going into the depths and verifying it, I find that the information […]

OK all you theological geeks. To which argument for the existence of God is the above comic referring? No, you cannot answer with “Intelligent Design.” Give me the actual philosophical name for the argument that is pictured in the above comic. For instance, is the above comic an example of the: cosmological, teleological, ontological, anthropic, […]

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about […]

I am 60 years old now. My wife and I have four grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. We are blessed and we are happy. But, all too often I find that I am sleepy sooner than I ever used to become sleepy. Were I able to take an afternoon nap at work, I certainly would. Mind […]

The story line in the comic 9 Chickweed Lane continues. For those who have not been following it, the granddaughter (the one on the right) has an unplanned pregnancy. Her mother (the one in the middle) is the result of an unplanned pregnancy. The grandmother (the one on the left) became pregnant with the mother as […]

Read the quote below from an opinion article: Just when you thought the religious right couldn’t get any crazier, with its personhood amendments and its attacks on contraception, here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: after-birth abortion. No, I didn’t make this up. “Partial-birth abortion” is a term invented by pro-lifers. But […]