Bill Tammeus
Feeding Tubes and Defibrillators
Let’s begin with two stories about the growing and important field of bioethics. The first is from Ryan Pferdehirt, the newly named Flanigan Chair in Bioethics at the Kansas City-based Center for Practical Bioethics. A hospital once asked him to consult on a bioethics case in which a son thought his desperately ill, hospitalized mother…
When Congregations Turn on Their Shepherds
Ministers share their stories of “sheep attacks,” which often occur when congregations that are anxious about long-term declines in membership turn on their leaders.
Scriptures Rendered in Paint
Kansas City artist Tom Dolphens creates religious iconography displayed in churches.
Jean Zeldin Looks Back on a Long Career in Holocaust Education
Jean Zeldin looks back on her long tenure as executive director of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.
Church of the Resurrection Confronts Uncertain Future
The ground seems to be shifting under the strikingly successful United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR), which now has six campuses in the Kansas City area.