California color

Metzger lawn

I work in a beautiful place. This morning was one of those times that really sunk in.

THOUGHTS ON BEING A THEOLOGIAN

This line stuck out:

"Being a theologian doesn't make me a better Christian than the next person. It just makes me a theologian."

Too right. We do get into trouble, though, when we or others think knowledge does make us better Christians. The line between confidence and pride is a bit blurry at times.

Read the whole post from maggi dawn

ADDED ANOTHER TO THE BOOK BAG

I'm reading this for my internship class. Even though I'm only in chapter one I can already see this is a good (possibly great) book for curriculum design.

Understanding by Design, by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe


See the book bag at What I'm Reading

MORE ON THE STEM CELL QUESTION

...from Christianity Today

From an interview with C. Christopher Hook, director of ethics education for the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine...an experienced hematologist and a senior fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity:

The advances in adult stem-cell therapy development have been nothing short of astounding. I don't see any reason to believe that we will not achieve the therapeutic goals we all desire using adult stem cells...

Protecting the embryo from becoming a research subject is an even greater threat to abortion-rights claims than banning partial-birth abortion, and we have seen just how vigorously the abortionists have fought any restrictions there. The forces that need to continue to denigrate preborn human beings have been lobbying strong and hard against any restrictions....

Read the article: The Politics of Stem Cells - Christianity Today Magazine