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Category: <span>Paradigm Shift</span>

We Might Change More Minds, in the Transgender Debate, by Talking About the Science

Brain Spectrum UPDATE: This article appeared in various versions in the following publications: Lexington Herald-Leader, Frankfort State-Journal, UK’s Kentucky Health News, Daily Independent, AOL News, Yahoo News/Sports, LINK Northern Kentucky, and Forward Kentucky. SB150 is an omnibus anti-transgender bill which bans all medical services to trans youth except mental healthcare, bans education about sexual orientation and gender dysphoria, prohibits pronoun mandates for teachers, bans school transgender bathroom use corresponding to gender identity, and criminalizes physicians who provide trans healthcare.  Governor Beshear did veto SB150, and the legislators did override that veto. The ACLU of Kentucky has filed suit. Most of …

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy

Uncertain About Covid Vaccine I’d like to welcome artist Hana Kennedy (they/them/their) to our blog!  They designed this engaging infographic for their high-school Senior Service Project to encourage Covid vaccination.  Please SHARE this blogpost, so that we can track the success of their project! The Bottom Line We ALL have a responsibility to do our part to end this global threat. Think GLOBAL, to Give Context Here’s what I’m thinking about: The Covid Vaccine: About a quarter of Americans either hesitate or refuse to get the Covid vaccine. Medical experts warn that people have much more to fear from the …

Is abortion the only thing that matters to Jesus?

“I have felt a heaviness in my soul lately.” by Jennifer Abel For the past couple weeks, I’ve felt it.  A weight.  The heaviness.  So this morning—when a block of time unexpectedly opened in my schedule—I closed myself in my room, read some of John’s gospel, opened my journal, and prayed, “Okay, God.  What is it?  My heart feels heavy.  I need to write.  But I don’t have words.  What is this feeling?” And I began to write:  Heartbreak.  It’s heartbreak.  And disillusionment.  I’ve been here before—so many times since 2016.  And here I am again. I keep seeing Christians …

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