Kamala Harris & Abortion: The Short Take

A few days ago, the Omaha World-Herald published a quick note I had submitted to their “letters to the editor” column. They did so after a OWH staffer called me on the phone a few days earlier to have a “fact check” discussion regarding a couple of the points I had made. I very much appreciate their willingness to…

A Selection from Yesterday’s Letter-Writing Parties

The quarterly letter-writing parties that Vital Signs Ministries creates took place yesterday. There were only 4 people at the morning party and yet another 7 that evening. That was disappointing. Nevertheless, we turned out 70 letters and cards with a wide variety of recipients. Those recipients included political figures, businesses, pro-life champions, media, judges, and…

The Images That Break Your Heart

The video clips play on the television and you are strongly tempted to turn away because the topic is so tragic and the images so wrenchingly disturbing. But you watch and your heart is touched; your conscience is informed and challenged. You are seeing into the eyes of the victims — innocent victims of man’s…

Really? Complexity and Order Out of Sheer Chaos?

Check out this super cool video. It’s 6 1/2 minutes but well worth your time. It’s a great “pass along” clip too. A very creative, persuasive, and science-based argument.

The Simple Truth of Creationism

“The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural systems that cannot be adequately explained in terms of undirected natural forces and that exhibit features which in any other circumstance we would attribute to intelligence.”  (William A. Dembski)

The Top 5 (July 27)

* “No, Abortion Is Never Medically Necessary” (Ashley Bateman, Federalist) From the article — Doctors facing mounting legal and professional pressure to perform abortions post-Dobbs reassert that there are no necessary abortions in medicine. The term “emergency abortion” is a scare tactic…Public ignorance and confusion over a “necessary” abortion continues to permeate political language and Biden’s rule…

Caring Enough To Write

Do you think a letter to Tractor Supply thanking them for the recent reversal of their “woke policies” is in order? Yeah, I do too. What about letters of polite but firm protest to the International Olympic Committee regarding the shameful takeover of women’s sports by men pretending to be females? Or letters to the…

The Top 5 (July 20)

* “Republicans Need Better Abortion Messaging To Beat Democrats’ Money And Marketing” (Joseph Arlinghaus, Federalist) From the article — While we pro-life people have mostly lobbied our friends in legislatures, Democrats have marketed their pro-abortion ideas. Democrats are great at marketing. Us? Not so much. And marketing thrives on big budgets. Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street…

Dr. Harold Berry Guests at the Next VSM Book Brunch

The next Vital Signs Book Brunch will be at our home on Saturday morning,September 21 from 10 until noon. And the book under discussion will not only be one “hot off the presses,” it has been written by our old friend and ministry colleague Dr. Harold Berry. At 90 years old, Harold is still researching…

Speaking of Heroes…

“We have every right to dream heroic dreams. Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look.” (President Ronald Reagan) “A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.” (English proverb) “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he…

But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only.