In our cultural rush to achieve potty parity we have failed to ask the far more important medical question of whether gender dysphoria represents a normal variant or psychologically disordered thinking. We cannot let political correctness derail the discussion and force us to carelessly spend our time making new bathroom signs when a medically fragile group is left unattended. Empowerment has a poor track record of treating illness and sex-reassignment surgery and hormone therapy are drastic medical measures that potentially cross the “First, do no harm” therapeutic…..
Is the Garden of Eden a real place? While this is a very interesting question, I think what is even more interesting is that everyone seems to want to live there. While our Bible atlases may have difficulty pinpointing its precise geographical location, our spiritual GPS keeps telling us X marks the spot.
Why do we believe that the grass is greener on the…..
During the 20+ years of my neonatal practice, I have encountered many courageous women who battled through incredibly difficult pregnancies. Committed to giving their babies every possible chance to live, they endured multiple hospitalizations, endless periods of bed rest, and persistent bouts of nausea and vomiting. I have also met many women who tried every known infertility treatment in order…..
Under the influence of the inviolable law of love gravity, God’s grace flows downhill and pools in the low points of our lives. Jesus often spoke of those blessed puddles — the poor, the suffering, and the grieving. He made it clear that the people in greatest danger were not those whose homes were under divine water but those…..