By Sharon at SheWorships

This week I had the privilege of hearing from the Executive Director of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity at Trinity. She provided an introduction to the Center, as well as a brief look at the major issues confronting bioethics today.

Many of the bioethical questions of our time do not have clear-cut answers, so she offered some guiding principles for thinking through them in a constructive and Christian way. Of the suggestions she made, I found one to be especially insightful. When it comes to the bioethical issues in our own lives, she encouraged us to begin with the following question:

Who owns your body? More Here...

By Tom Zuniga

It never rains in southern California. Apparently we’re in a cloudless bubble apart from the rest of the world. Something like LOST island. It’s become commonplace that I wake up each morning and never for a second wonder if I should grab an umbrella before heading out the door, or a raincoat, or goulashes. Do people still wear goulashes? What are goulashes?

So on those super rare days when the smoke monster runs rampant it does rain, I’m thrust into an unexpected panic, and everything crumbles from my neatly orchestrated schedule.

But…but…I was supposed to go for a run today! I was going to journal at the park for hours! I was gonna lay on the grass and stare at the ever-cloudless sky, hoping to witness the Lord’s return from the best vantage point imaginable. More Here...

Here are some passages that I see that I have been wondering about. One is in Luke 4:33-37:

33 Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil[a] spirit—began shouting at Jesus, 34 “Go away! Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

35 Jesus cut him short. “Be quiet! Come out of the man,” he ordered. At that, the demon threw the man to the floor as the crowd watched; then it came out of him without hurting him further.

36 Amazed, the people exclaimed, “What authority and power this man’s words possess! Even evil spirits obey him, and they flee at his command!” 37 The news about Jesus spread through every village in the entire region.

Here it seems as if with a short word the demon left the man with just a word. More Here...

By Sam at Creative Theology

This was appreciated by the designer because of the current lack of content being produced that’s…not ugly. It seems that for whatever reason, there is a lot of content (now more than ever) from the faith perspective done poorly. Blogs are written poorly, books are designed poorly, an so on. I don’t claim to have a corner on this market. However, I think we need to be mindful of the problem with ugly. It turns people away. More Here...

All these preconceived ideas are screaming at me no matter where I turn. I see them in other blogs, I see them on Facebook, I hear the people at school -- and it's all because of a few people who came before me and really messed up. Now I'm guilty of their same sins by association.

This is just another monster born of ignorance, just like racism, sexism, and many other prejudices. In my case, however, no one is demeaning me because of my sexual orientation or political view, but because of my faith.

I am a Christian.

And you know what folks? It's really, really tough. Just because of the pious and hypocritical generations which preceded me, I am constantly being misunderstood. All those horrid pictures you have in your head about how bad Christians are because of people who weren't living like Christians. The anger, hatred, closed mindedness that Christians are so well known for don't define me. More Here...