Archive for April, 2004

It Lives!

Saturday, April 10th, 2004

Isaac has re-ignited our discussion going back to February about the questions of morality of violence in the world and the Church’s position toward it (among other things, of course), and I have, of course, responded. I really feel this is a discussion in which all Christians should be involved. I encourage you to take […]

Do-It-Yourself Caesarean

Tuesday, April 6th, 2004

Wow, this really hit me for some reason. Just as we in the United States are having a huge legal debate over one of the most gruesome abortion procedures ever invented, a brave woman in rural Mexico performs a Caesarean on herself to save her baby. Apparently, she had already lost a baby due to […]

Palm Sunday 2004: Do we mean it?

Sunday, April 4th, 2004

Today Jesus enters Jerusalem for a final time (that is, he won’t be going back to his home country before he dies). This year, as I have thought about the so-called Triumphal Entry, my focus has tended more toward the crowds that greeted Jesus than to Jesus himself, at least at first.
I started wondering, were […]

Suu Kyi to be Released

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004

Finally, Aung San Suu Kyi will be released from house arrest, according to Burma’s foreign minister, who is visiting Bangkok at the moment. Apparently, the Burmese government will be holding a “constitutional conference” on May 17th, whatever that means. The foreign minister says she’ll be released before then.
Radio Australia — Burma says Suu Kyi to […]