SUICIDE

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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)...

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

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.

PPL

Sep 5, 20203 min read

Suicide Prevention & Community

The average person has over 338 friends on Facebook. This cultural artifice represents one of our deepest problems – lack of community

PPL

May 1, 20195 min read

Suicide and Satan's Lie

By Rev. Craig Kephart and Martha Leatherman, M.D. I was at breakfast last week with an old friend. Let’s call him “Derek.” The early...

PPL

Feb 4, 20192 min read

A Book Review: A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide

Review by Amy Scherschligt, PPL Board Member Physician assisted suicide is a "life issue" that places human beings, God's image bearers,...

PPL

Feb 4, 20193 min read

Worst. Day. Ever

By Elizabeth Stone That day I found my seventeen-year-old daughter lying in her closet in pools of vomit, unresponsive and babbling...