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Life-Affirming Influencers Rock!
By Judie Brown We consider anyone who defends life, stands up for life, or lives a pro-life life to be an influencer. The thing about such people—and there are many—is that their presence in our world influences others without fanfare and without a self-awareness that they are doing so. These people live a reflection of God’s love in a world that needs more of the Lord’s influencers and less of...
How Do I Love Thee, Abortion?
By Judie Brown “How do I Love Thee?” the title of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s beloved poem, asks a crucial question. So devoted to the love of her life was she that Browning penned words to express that love. But in the case of those who apparently are devoted to...
Ending Abortion Requires Spiritual Action
By Judie Brown Debates often cause us to think more seriously about what is at stake, especially when it involves the fate of the nation where we live. So when we watched the presidential debate last week, it occurred to some of us at least that we watched two angry...
Aping Clintonianism
By Judie Brown Recalling the William Jefferson Clinton statement that abortion should be “safe and legal, but rare,” we are constantly reminded that when it comes to politics, not much ever changes. In recent days, many of those striving to have a political effect on...
Anger, Hatred, and Murder
By Judie Brown In Canada, the parents of a deceased woman are suing the hospital because, they allege, their daughter’s right to request her death at the hands of hospital employees was violated. The Catholic St. Paul’s hospital chose to transfer its patient rather...
The Unworthy Receive Christ
By Judie Brown Like the centurion in Matthew 8:13, we say, Lord, “I am not worthy to have you under my roof; just give the word and my servant will be cured.” Each person who approaches the Eucharist with this prayer in her heart is someone who truly understands,...
There Was a Crooked Man
By Judie Brown The well-known Mother Goose rhyme that began “There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile” made an excellent jump rope poem and was easy for little tykes to learn. But these days when we think of crooked men, we are more likely to contemplate...