I got back from South Dakota and my friends’ beautiful wedding yesterday evening. I did have free wireless but not a lot of blogging time. In the news while I was gone: A New Milestone in Stem Cell Research In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will … Read More
Better Off Dead?
C Health has two columns debating the topic of Euthanasia. In opposition is broadcaster and columnist Michael Coren and in support is Dr. Gifford-Jones. The main focus of Do They Deserve to be Born is on a set of twins, now six months old, conjoined at the head (note: these are not the twins pictured on your right, I couldn’t … Read More
Adventures in Politics
Well, my internship at the State Capitol has come to an end. May 18 was the last day of session. The best I can tell people when they ask me what it was like working there is that it was interesting. One good pro-life bill did manage to make it through. Rep. Therese Sander’s HB 1055 squeaked by on the … Read More
The Gators Do It Again – Oh MY!!!
Ohio State = Gator Bait! Alright, so I’ve got to take some time again to mention the Florida Gators’ National Championship win, this time in basketball for the second year in a row. A football and TWO basketball National Championships – can you say Gator domi’Nation’?? Oh, it’s great to be a Florida Gator! In case you missed this football … Read More
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Here is some good Irish entertainment for your St. Patrick’s Day. From the Quiet Man: Check out more clips from The Quiet Man at YouTube. If you’re interested in what, or who, this day is really about check out: St. Patrick at New Advent HT: this idea came from CVSTOS FIDEI
Going on Retreat
I leave for my yearly retreat tomorrow morning. There are a couple of posts that I am working on, but they will have to wait. The previous post on openness to life took way too long and now it’s way too late. I have to leave early in the morning. Have a great weekend! Please keep me in your prayers, … Read More
Please Pray For This Little Boy!
A woman that I work with told me today that a nephew of hers is dying of cancer. He is only three years old and has been dealing with this for about two of those years. He was in the hospital receiving chemotherapy but the chemo was not working out so doctors have released him, saying that he has about … Read More
Attention IE7 Users
I have been meaning to address this issue and it always slips my mind when I start posting. If you use Internet Explorer you may have noticed that it looks like part of my blog is cut off at the top of the page so you can’t really see the top post (you probably won’t even see this post until … Read More
Pharmacy Protection Update
The bill, HB 412, to protect pharmacies from liability for refusal to perform, assist, recommend, refer to, or participate in any act or service in connection with any drug or device that causes an abortion, was heard this morning. Testimony went well. There was opposition from the usual suspects, NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, the ACLU, etc… No decision was made on … Read More
Love and Be Loved
“This is the great mystery of our faith. We do not choose God, God chooses us. From all eternity we are hidden ‘in the shadow of God’s hand’ and ‘engraved in his palm.’ Before any human being touches us, God ‘forms us in secret’ and ‘textures us ‘ in the depth of the earth, and before any human being decides … Read More