Drug Use:
What guidance could you give to a mother who has a daughter that is using drugs and does not cooperate in her behavior to try to lead a normal life?
Last Modified: 10/07/2005 09:22:33 |
nature vs. nurture:
I recently attended a WELS service in which the preacher professed as truth that children do not learn to argue, fight and hit each other, but rather they do these things out of th...
Last Modified: 07/23/2005 14:54:02 |
Cedars of Lebanon:
What makes cedars of Lebanon so special?
Last Modified: 07/11/2005 14:38:42 |
Health Care Directives:
With the Schiavo case bringing attention to end of life health care directives, a close relative (WELS)decided to get in writing what was wished for her end of life care. I was nam...
Last Modified: 05/23/2005 07:21:13 |
miscarriages:
I was wondering if having a D&C to remove an early stage emybro that has stopped developing is religiously ok?
Last Modified: 04/30/2005 07:39:01 |
Living Wills:
What is the church's position on Living Wills? If I am ever injured, sick, or hurt without any hope of recovery, I don't want to be kept alive by artificial means. Is a statement...
Last Modified: 04/15/2005 13:13:28 |
AMAZED! SHOCKED What's up, Doc?:
I must admit that I was absolutely AMAZED! that a physician who identified himself as both "a lifelong WELS member" and an "elder in my local congregation" could write in saying he...
Last Modified: 04/12/2005 15:28:24 |
"Both...And ", in the aftermath of Terri Schiavo's execution:
Regarding Terri Schiavo, you wrote: "Undoubtedly laws are needed to protect the defenseless. Undoubtedly responsible officials need to be elected to office to pass laws and appo...
Last Modified: 04/12/2005 15:22:53 |
WHO MURDERED TERRI SCHIAVO?:
Who murdered Terri Shiavo? Was it her husband, who sought the removal of her feeding tube, or was it the court systems, who refused several hearings which would have allowed h...
Last Modified: 04/07/2005 07:12:36 |
WELS physician concerning Shiavo:
I am a physician, lifelong WELS member, and elder in my local congregation. Although I am not privy to all the info about Terri, I do believe she was in a persistent vegetative...
Last Modified: 04/05/2005 08:04:56 |
Schiavo case/questions:
I am usually impressed with the Q and A on WELS but not with the recent material on the Schiavo tube feeding case. You seem to be equating passive euthansia with murder. I would su...
Last Modified: 04/04/2005 17:29:03 |
Terri Schiavo:
I would like the official WELS statement on the Terri Schiavo case. I have the Missouri Synod's statement which was on the Website--but WELS had nothing on the website in regard t...
Last Modified: 03/25/2005 11:15:37 |
Terri Schiavo:
Thank you for your sincere concern, and brutally frank appraisal of the utter contempt and disdain modern society shows for God's precious gift of life. First Terri Schiavo, next ...
Last Modified: 03/24/2005 07:38:57 |
Terri Schaivo case:
I read your recent Q and A on the Terry Schaivo case. I think that you are missing the point. People who are in a persistent vegetative state, as Schiavo is, would have died natura...
Last Modified: 03/24/2005 07:32:07 |
Removal of Feeding Tube:
First, let me say that I don't regularly get a newspaper, and I do not regularly watch the news on T.V. From time to time I do hear news coverage on the radio, but this is no...
Last Modified: 03/22/2005 16:06:42 |
Christian on life support:
My brother was recently involved in a industrial accident and as a result is on a respirator. The prognosis at this time is that he will never be able to breathe without the respi...
Last Modified: 03/08/2005 13:36:39 |
Chimeras:
First of all, let me make it clear that I believe that man's evil and arrogance will bring on the end of the world sooner rather than later and that I am happy that I have faith th...
Last Modified: 01/31/2005 11:47:06 |
Book: "Finding God in the Questions":
I'd like to ask your opinion of the book "Finding God in the Questions" by ABC's medical editor Timothy Johnson. From what I understand, it's not necessarily written from a Chri...
Last Modified: 01/27/2005 10:03:25 |
Genetic Engineering:
What is the stand of WELS on genetic engineering, specifically on changing the characteristics of a unborn child? (I don't mean curing genetic diseases: I mean changing genes t...
Last Modified: 12/09/2004 13:48:54 |
Non-embryonic stem cell research:
I am currently going back to school and doing a research essay in my Engligh class. I also have Multiple Schlerosis and am interested in what the churches' feelings are on non-emb...
Last Modified: 11/23/2004 12:23:19 |