Hi, it’s Tyson here, a 27-year-old Seventh day Adventist from Australia. My wife and I just had our third child, and she is happy with 3 and doesn’t want any more. We are currently exploring contraception options. The natural method (withdrawal, ovulation timing) seems a bit risky! Barrier methods seem okay, except latex for the...
“All you need is love,” sang the Beatles in 1967. A pretty sentiment to be sure, but a poor roadmap for life as proven by the young and confused of that generation whose lives were shaped by a fateful summer of love two years later. Love is wonderful, but alone it is hardly adequate. One...
I was wanting to know if there is any ancient Jewish wisdom regarding how to handle stress and anxiety in everyday life. Thank you Shalom and God Bless. – La’Shar Dear La’Shar, There are so many different ways we can approach your question, and it is one that touches on each of our lives. Perhaps, that is...
After months of steadfastly refusing to add yet another potential distraction to my day, I succumbed and tried my hand at the online game, Wordle. Granted, I can think of playing this game as, ’honing my mental skills,’ and ‘whetting my thinking process,” rather than a distraction, but the danger of one more thing that...
What if you do not want to pray for life? That thought ran as an undercurrent through my mind as I prayed the extra prayers during the Ten Days of Repentance that culminate with Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement. Many of those prayers plead with God for the opportunity to live for another...
Question: Dear Rabbi and Mrs. Lapin, The Ten Commandments teach us that everyone has a right to exist because they were created by God. But what about the people in ISIS? Do people have a right to exist when their only purpose is to make sure we cannot exist? ∼ Pamela Peltonen Answer:...
