by Tarris D. Rosell | Nov 18, 2002 | Opinion
Contemplating presidential and congressional actions post-9/11 and especially in regard to Iraq, I myself am inclined to start wearing my WWJD bracelet again, maybe even purchasing a T-shirt and WWJD coffee mug—if I could just find them. The WWJD marketing craze began...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Oct 17, 2002 | Opinion
Care-giving (like parenting) is not for the sake of friendship, it is for the other. It is not give-and-take, but give-and-give. I am a care-giver to an elderly lady who has no family except a nephew many miles away, with whom she only talks twice a year, but who...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Sep 19, 2002 | Opinion
Ministers live in ethical tension regarding privileged information. Ministry presents one with private dimensions, even secrets, of other people’s lives. Clergy caregivers are entrusted with such knowledge to use it with care. Ministers bear responsibility for...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Aug 22, 2002 | Opinion
What are we to think of “pushing the envelope” such that tissue or organs are surgically excised and implanted, more or less permanently, from other mammals into human bodies? Is it ethically permissible to carry around pig parts in the human heart? This...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Jul 19, 2002 | Opinion
Few medical interventions have captured the moral imagination of Western societies as solid organ transplantations have. The image verges on the miraculous as lives are improved and extended. But transplant medicine casts a shadow that pastors encounter when...
