By SHARON K. GILBERT
June 18, 2008

BRITNEY SPEARS will likely not ‘get’ my point, but it’s my prayer that she may — one day — understand. Trust me, I’m not being harsh; I’m simply stating a fact. I know because I’ve been there.

Some of you who’ve been listening for a while to PID Radio, or those who’ve read some of my earlier, introspective articles will remember that I spent my twenty-something years singing for my supper in the central Indiana area. As the ‘front singer’ for a string of top-forty, dance bands, I had to keep my weight as low as possible: Cher thin. Trust me, my Scots-Irish-German body does not naturally ‘do’ Cher thin. Constantly worrying about physical appearance and starving myself to maintain a false image certainly led to health issues I now face, and it may well have stunted my spiritual growth for years. If anything, I wilted rather than blossomed. God must truly love me to have put up with my self-possessed thought life back then.

That was three decades ago, so why would I bring all this up today? Because the Lord reminded me of it just this afternoon.

Read more at Sharon’s Website

By DEREK P. GILBERT
July 5, 2008

Planned Parenthood is rolling out a new marketing campaign so it can start dealing death in the upscale ‘burbs:

Flush with cash, Planned Parenthood affiliates nationwide are aggressively expanding their reach, seeking to woo more affluent patients with a network of suburban clinics and huge new health centers that project a decidedly upscale image.

It’s no surprise that Planned Parenthood enjoys a record profit — excuse me, “surplus” — just as big money is invested into researching eugenics — excuse me, “neuroethics” — at prestigious Oxford University. Professor Julian Savulescu, who was just handed £800,000 (about $1.6 million) to study the new field, has said that parents have a moral obligation to select the best children they could have.

Call it “neuroethics” or “reproductive choice”, it all boils down to a pseudo-scientific and/or moral justification for disposing of the unwanted and defective.

Read more at Derek’s website