Childbirth
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Even more talk of changing the world
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4 min read
Wrestling a sermon for Sunday about the visit with Elizabeth and Magnificat point to a political truth about Mary’s place in the story.
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God came to be with us
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5 min read
3. For in Jesus, taking a human form and raised from the fragility of birth, God came to be with us. The most profound example of “With” is that God chose to be with us in the form of Jesus. This is the greatest proof that one’s being with another is the central act of…
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With Tragedy, the Rest is Distraction
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3 min read
This morning I was brought silent. What is tragedy is also now a lawsuit. And the impetus for a new piece of state legislation. A mother giving birth a couple of weeks ago has become an advocate for reform, but not the kind of reform that would bring back her son or protect someone else’s…
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14 things you need to remember about birth
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5 min read
For months I’ve been jazzed about childbirth and what it means. Weird, I know. And posts from Thursday and Friday cover that area, but one thing surprised me: Not everybody even gets what happens in labor, including those that have gone through it. At first, I thought it was because I was focused on it,…
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My wife is a rock star
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4 min read
That is what I tweeted more than a month ago when my son was born. “My wife is a rock star.” I meant it. Because I witnessed a woman overcoming her fears and helping a 7 1/2 pound baby get out of her body by herself. If you haven’t witnessed childbirth, you can’t imagine…
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No More “Delivering” Babies
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3 min read
In our normal lives (in other words, outside of childbirth), the word delivery speaks of a relationship. Specifically the mail carrier delivers the mail. Or the pizza guy delivers your pizza. Or the stork delivers babies to the doorstep. Our relationship to the word ‘delivery’ is actually the relationship. Delivery isn’t so much about an…