Apart from the fact that he’s not around to help with getting the children into bed, she worries that he is missing out on their development. You listen. It’s a common concern voiced by many mothers but each situation is special for the person there.
Fundamentalist extremists of all ilk and their interpretations of religion everywhere claim one way or another that God is sexist.
When Jesus launched his movement for a civilisation of love in the heart of the world, he realised that he needed chiefs’leaders.
In our own diocese we have been called to be both salt and light; the call for our priests to be salt and light for their people is also there.
In the 39 years that Voice For Life has been speaking for the protection of the unborn child a new reality has emerged in New Zealand’the ‘new normal’ of one in four pregnancies ending in abortion.
These meetings have been the catalyst for the development of ‘Beyond Abortion’, a major programme of post-abortion healing and support.
This disrespect for life is a national scandal. We are only four million people and we are a moderately wealthy country. Yet we spend less than half the OECD average on children aged five and under. We have the highest youth suicide rate in the OECD and an above average child mortality rate.
Sitting in a suburban Paraparaumu lounge I am amazed at the wonderful variety of God’s children. In L’Arche young and old, some Christian and some not, people with disabilities and those with PhDs all live in community together.
These days attitudes are much the same, except that any indication of disability presents a choice of whether to proceed with the pregnancy. I’m glad I didn’t have that choice.