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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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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
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
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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