In this episode of Life on Film, Life TV discusses movie adaptions of Stephen King stories and how they relate to the Culture of Life I wouldn’t mind seeing more pro-life, Christian filmmakers take a similar approach to some of their movies. A movie does not have to be explicitly about abortion to be “pro-life.” That’s what I loved about … Read More
5 pm EDT Today — Tune In Live!
Dear readers, in just a few hours I will be on the radio in Lexington, KY. Today we will be discussing the bioethical complexities of transhumanism and performance enhancing drugs — which was the subject of episode 3 of BioTalk. Click the image above to tune in to the Mike Allen Show live at 5pm EDT.
Life, Dignity and Disability
In October, Human Life International, Nebraska Bishops’ Pro-Life Office and the Archdiocese of Omaha Respect Life Apostolate are hosting a conference in Omaha, Nebraska, on the theme of : Life, Dignity, and Disability: A Faith that Welcomes. Author Joseph Pearce will be one of the speakers. He writes at HLI’s Truth and Charity Forum: One has to accept sorrow for … Read More
Patience
For the past couple of months I keep coming back to this beautiful post from Steve Gershom (aka Joseph Pervor) ‘Patience means not only being willing to wait for the end of something, but staying alongside it the whole time: not just waiting for the fruit of the tree, but watching as it grows, loving the dirt and the sap … Read More
Regional Emmy Nom. for Delightful Story Abt. Young Man With Down Syndrome
I am pleased to learn that a story I shared here a few months ago has been nominated for a Regional Emmy. It’s from my old hometown, my sister’s high school alma mater, specifically, about a young man with Down syndrome who is carrying on the tradition of a school legend: Giving The H from Tom Martin on Vimeo. Congrats … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Sex in the Intergalactic Future
I recently came across a post on Catholic sci-fi author John C. Wright’s blog titled Theology of the Body, Rishathra and the Cyberpope and, of course, I had to share it here. It was a response to one of Wright’s readers who asked: Considering the normal problems that one would have with producing offspring with another species, one wonders that … Read More
UK Woman Wants Spinal Cord Cut
This is truly disturbing. Last month I told you about people with so-called Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) who actually want to have their healthy limbs cut off. It appears this disorder is not limited to “amputee wannabes”. According to the Daily Mail: A Cambridge University educated research scientist is so desperate to live the life of a wheelchair-bound person … Read More
What Really Happened at Komen
Wow. Austin Ruse has a fascinating, albeit very awful and sad, read at Crisis Magazine today with the inside scoop on what really happened during the Komen break from and immediate reconciliation with Planned Parenthood last year. He concludes, as most of us knew already: What this whole mess shows abundantly is that the pro-choice wing of the Democratic Party … Read More
Fr. Robert Barron on Marriage and Relationships
If we’re simply looking for love, period, that won’t be enough. You’ll be looking for love in all the wrong places. What you should be looking for is God’s will, God’s purpose. And then find somebody who is as in love with that purpose as you are. Now you’ve found someone to love. -Fr. Robert Barron Oh, he makes it … Read More
Two Pregnant Women Whose Yeses Changed the World
From my friend Bill Donaghy via Facebook: Two women, pregnant with new life, whose great Yes to God’s proposals would literally change the world. And people say the Church is patriarchal? She’s matriarchal to the core! Happy Feast of the Visitation! “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen … Read More