Reproductive Health

What is the point of an online blog if not to be controversial? With that in mind I am dismayed at the Harper government's decision to withhold funding from foreign aid on women's health with regard to abortion. Regardless of your opinion of abortion it currently is the law of the land that abortion is publicly funded. The Harper government claims that they are not trying to open the abortion debate in Canada and that it will remain publicly funded. If that is the case, then why is this appropriate for Canada and not for other nations? Why should women in Canada have this choice and not women from other - poorer - countries?

A New Beginning

I've written an online blog once before. It was called the pastorspage and I wrote it while I was in ministry at Ardrossan United Church. Now I am in ministry at Calvary United Church in Prince Albert, while I live in Saskatoon. I'm looking for ways in which to connect with the congregation at Calvary despite the commute and a blog springs to mind.

I'm going to be offering my view on the world through the lens of my faith. I hope other people are interested in that view! Most of all I'm interested in your comments, so please feel free to disagree, debate and even agree with my posts. I'm looking forward to the discipline of theological reflection.

And now as I say to my daughter, Laura, away we go!