Twin Teachable Moments To Talk to Your Children About Sex Abuse Prevention
The news is full of the twin horrifying trials in Pennsylvania of men who have allegedly perpetrated sexual abuse against children -- one directly of children in his care, the other by not removing...
View ArticleFortnight to Freedom - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
The Catholic Bishops have begun a two week campaign leading up to July 4th with a centerpiece of removing contraceptive coverage from health insurance reform. Of course, the Supreme Court any...
View ArticleWorld Reproductive Justice Day
July 11 is World Population Day.,July 11, 2012 is the historic Family Planning Summit in London, England. Sponsored by The Gates Foundation, its goal is to develop and commit to new strategies to...
View ArticleLGBT Full Inclusion & Contraception: Not Controversial
When I tell people what I do for a living, some times people respond by saying, "Wow, you work on the most controversial issues of our time." People use phrases like "hot button issues" and "wedge...
View ArticleChic-fil-a & Biblical Definition of Marriage
I'm just back from two weeks of vacation where I stayed away from the electronic world and most of the news. I did manage to catch Dan Cathy of Chic-fil-a's comments about same sex marriage, the day of...
View ArticleDiverse Multifaith Leaders Support Family Planning -- Of Course
This summer, I celebrated my 37th year working in sexual and reproductive health and rights. My very first publication in the field was a 1976 pamphlet for the Population Institute titled, “Does...
View Article50 Shades of Grace: Jesus' Sexuality
I wasn’t surprised to read that the Vatican has published a response to the September 18th announcement of a tiny piece of papyrus that includes a dialog where Jesus refers to “my wife.” It is, in...
View ArticleVOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
I love everything about voting. I love standing in line with my neighbors at the local elementary school; I love the PTA bake sale; I love going into the voting booth and pulling the levers; I love...
View ArticleElection 2012: Hope and Love Win!
It was a very long tense election night. But ultimately, hope and love won. Misogyny, racism, homophobia lost. The people of the United States voted, and on sexual justice issues, we are the new...
View ArticleHug Your Children Tightly...and Talk
Another heart stopping school shooting.This time at an elementary school not far from where I live, work, and worship. The senseless violence is closer than ever, even in a bucolic Connecticut...
View ArticleWomen's Leadership, Reproductive Justice, and Marriage Equality Make The...
I am appalled to learn the National Review ran an article blaming the Newtown tragedy on women's leadership of the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Mike Huckabee blamed it on abortion. Westboro Baptist...
View ArticleDr. Douglas Kirby, Rest in Peace, Dear Friend
My dear friend and colleague Dr. Doug Kirby died last weekend at the age of 69 while hiking a mountain in Ecuador. According to his guide, he stopped for a drink of water, looked out at the moonlit...
View ArticleCelebrating and Lamenting Roe (and Abortion) at 40
I was 18 when Roe v. Wade was decided. I thought, as I walked that day to class, that abortion would now be legal and local and that the controversy would ebb away. I could never have imagined that...
View ArticleMy new book: Meditations on the Good News!
Dear friends and colleagues:My new book, "Meditations on the Good News: Reading the Bible for Today" is (finally) available for sale at amazon.comThe book is a series of meditations on Biblical...
View ArticleReligious Leaders Support Family Planning!
I'm delighted to tell you that this morning, the Religious Institute released its new Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Family Planning, endorsed by more than 1000 religious leaders from across the...
View ArticleMeditations on the Good News: Valentine's Day Edition
I’ll be posting excerpts from Meditations on the Good News over the next few weeks, starting today with one that is particularly apt for Valentine’s Day. I hope you like it! Therefore a man leaves his...
View ArticleMeditations on the Good News: Joy Comes With the Morning
I’ll be posting excerpts from Meditations on the Good News over the next few weeks. This section feels particularly appropriate to me as we enter the Lenten season.I hope you like it. There is a...
View ArticleMeditations on the Good News: God will again have compassion upon us
I’ll be posting excerpts from Meditations on the Good News over the next few weeks.I hope you enoy this excerpt. There is a special offer at the end of this post for those interested in reading the...
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Marriage Equality:Personal is Political, Political is Personal
It's not often that we get to watch history being made. But as I watched the news this morning and saw colleagues standing in front of the Supreme Court, my heart thrilled knowing that inside the...
View ArticleTell ESPN Anti-Gay Is Not Christian/Support Jason Collins
NBA Basketball Player Jason Collins inspired so many — including me — with his courage in coming out as a gay man and citing his Christian faith as a core reason for being public about his sexuality....
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