Today was the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, where our church brings in a speaker from a local organization that works on some aspect of the Sanctity of Human life. As an Evangelical committed to the pro-life cause (especially since I had multiple birth defects and would likely have been a candidate for abortion myslef if not for having godly parents), I always associate this concept with fighting abortion. Our speaker was from Caris ministries, a group from Chicago who does a lot of pregnancy work in the inner city including giving counseling and running sonograms (donated by Focus on the Family) in order to save babies.
However, our speaker did not focus only on that aspect. He said over and over again that if we value human life, we do not just fight death at birth or suicide at the end, rathe we should be fighting death all the way through.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Thoughts on Sanctity of Life Sunday
Some of us may have missed it, on Sunday, because of the storm. But this was Sanctity of Life Sunday, when we reflect on the value of life and consider how Christians may slow or stop abortions. Fayology.Com has up a reflection on how to make inroads in making this Sunday a bipartisan event.
