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Marie Bowen
Aug 14 min read
Life-Affirming Care of Older Adults
"How Christians love and care for older adults is a powerful witness to the reality ... of the Holy Spirit forming us to be like Jesus."
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Rev. John S. Sheldon
Sep 30, 20235 min read
Respect Life
Rev. John S. Sheldon, President of PPL Board of Directors I don’t know when it became popular to raise awareness about various social or...
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Deborah Hollifield
Sep 1, 20232 min read
El Roi: The God Who Sees Me (Genesis 16, 21:8-21)
By PPL Former Director, Deborah Hollifield "The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?" (Prov. 18:14)...
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Rev. Lowell Avery
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Back to the School of Prayer
PPL Board Member Rev. Lowell Avery, shares lessons God is teaching him in the school of prayer.
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Marie Bowen
Jun 3, 20224 min read
A Snippet of Song in the Night
God is revealing the secret...to enduring through this time of caretaking.
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PPL
May 8, 20223 min read
Death, the Last Enemy
It's Easter season, and Christians are supposed to be focused on the resurrection, but for going on 3 years we've been stuck on Good Friday
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Rev. Jonathan B. Leach
Mar 29, 20224 min read
Preserving the Species
PPL Board Member, Rev. Jonathan B. Leach, reminds us that the antidote for our culturally-induced fears is a healthy, optimistic hope...
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PPL
Aug 31, 20213 min read
Op-Ed: Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying = Torturous Death
In Canada, drugs used in MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) do not block the sensation of pain or awareness of paralysis
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Martha Leatherman, MD
Aug 31, 20212 min read
SUICIDE, DESPAIR and COVID
Much of our pandemic behavior has been driven by fear, and much of our pandemic behavior has been detrimental to our mental health.
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PPL
Mar 31, 20212 min read
REMEMBER THE BIG PICTURE
By PPL Board Member, Rev. Lowell Avery We champion human life in obedience to “God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to...
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Jack Sharpe, Esq.
Mar 7, 20214 min read
ETHICAL CHOICES AT THE END OF LIFE
In making end of life choices, we ought not be motivated by fear. It has no place in our thoughts.
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PPL
Apr 27, 20202 min read
Jesus Doesn't Triage
“All lives matter” has become a trite slogan, but in God’s economy, it is clearly true.
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PPL
Apr 1, 20204 min read
How Valuable is a Death?
Amid the worldwide waiting, watching, fearing, and mourning over the destruction created by the COVID-19 virus, questions of life and death
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