It is really quite remarkable how impressively research in to adult stem cells have advanced. Now, animal studies show that they might be used to help prematurely born babies grow lung tissue. From the story in Science Daily:An international team of scientists led by Dr. Thébaud has . . . . Continue Reading »
In his Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defined a novel as “a short story padded.” This is an all too apt description. The inability to prune a story to its essential story is an unfortunate quality shared by many modern writers and the primary reason that bookshelves are filled with . . . . Continue Reading »
Hopefully I’m not too late to join the Thanksgiving chorus and I can throw in a quick message of gratitude for my local church. About this time last year I was wrestling with some difficult issues relating to problems at my church. I loved the people there and much of what went on there, but . . . . Continue Reading »
The World featured my recent post reacting to medical marijuana being recommended by some doctors as a “treatment” for ADHD in an article focusing on marijuana used medicinally on children. That’s always cool. But I mention it primarily because the article reports that some parents . . . . Continue Reading »
Time to get in trouble:I don’t think it is particularly healthy that medicine’s role in society is increasingly about enabling the well off to make personal lifestyle decisions, particularly when the healing side of the profession is under increasing resource strain. This concern . . . . Continue Reading »
I have long thought that stopping Obamacare would require convincing 35% of the people to oppose. That’s a hard number to hit in our society. An idea or politician has to be really disliked to register that low—unless you have a very high number of people who express no . . . . Continue Reading »
I had to write a book to get into Christianity Today. Matthew Lee Anderson got in for his awesome blogging! Pick up the December 2009 CT for a full page profile on young Mr. Anderson.I’m particularly pleased to see the magazine take notice of his outstanding work in HBU’s . . . . Continue Reading »
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.”— Marcus Tullius . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a topic I’ve been reflecting on for awhile now, so while I know it doesn’t fit ideally with the current Thanksgiving motif, I didn’t want to squander these thoughts.I don’t often navigate in the world of worship ministry, so I have no idea if or to what extent this . . . . Continue Reading »
He was Post-Evangelical before Post-Evangelical was cool.The kids love him.Visit his web site . . . . Continue Reading »
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