by Steve Ivy | Jun 16, 2003 | Opinion
The spiritual, somatic, psychological, mental and social being we call “human” experiences all of life as a whole. When one dimension of personhood changes, all other dimensions of personhood change. No condition demonstrates this truth more clearly than...
by Steve Ivy | May 19, 2003 | Opinion
The church’s ministry to persons who are hospitalized has just become more difficult. As hospitals have worked to shorten stays, visitation of the sick has shifted increasingly to home settings. But new regulations have made another dramatic change. While the...
by Steve Ivy | Apr 21, 2003 | Opinion
The most public debate in bioethics today centers on the technology of cloning. Scientists can now reproductively clone some mammals with a modicum of reliability. Scientists also believe that cloning can expand and enhance medical interventions beyond those already...
by Steve Ivy | Mar 20, 2003 | Opinion
No aspect of medical practice has stirred more vigorous debate than interventions at the beginning of life. The vigor of the debate has stirred intellect, emotion, violence and prayer. People taking diametrically opposing positions have evoked God on: how to prevent...
by Steve Ivy | Feb 20, 2003 | Opinion
When death approaches, what does it mean to “play God”? Usually “playing God” is used as a pejorative critique of a choice to take more authority than is any human’s to take. Usually the emotive expression “playing God” occurs...
