Intersections

Our hope for this forum is that it will foster a conversation on behalf of our congregations to discuss, equip, and inspire pastors, ministry leaders, and laypeople regarding the real life issues people are experiencing and seeking Christian guidance on at the intersection of medicine, technology, and the Christian life.

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The Theology and Dignity of Death: Karl Rahner’s Lessons for Today

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Edward R. Grant, JD, MA
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March 10, 2026
Death poses many paradoxes. Is it a purely natural event, or in some sense unnatural? An end, or also a beginning? What is the state of our soul after our passing? How should we understand what death is? And why is it that we die the death we die?
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Five Questions: Virtue Formation in Applied Christian Education

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Steven D. Mason, PhD
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February 24, 2026

On Shepherding Embodied Souls

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Zak Mellgren, MA
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February 10, 2026

Receiving Care with Gratitude

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Kenneth C. Way, PhD
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January 13, 2026

Emmanuel: The Word Made Flesh

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Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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December 1, 2025

Bryan Johnson vs. Bill Furlong: Renew the Mind, Don’t Worship the Body

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Anna B. Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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November 18, 2025

A Science-Based Case for the Immortality of the Human Soul

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Denyse O’Leary
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October 14, 2025

Intersections Revisited: Christian Ministry in a Digital Age

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Scott Stiegemeyer, MDiv, MA, DBioethics
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September 23, 2025

Intellectual Disability, Human Flourishing, and Eternal Destiny

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D. Christopher Ralston, PhD, MA
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August 19, 2025

Walking with Those Who Weep

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Kirsten Black, MA
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July 22, 2025

Abortion and Scripture, Part 2: Psalm 139 and the Formation of Our Theological Imagination

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Anna Vollema, PhD (cand.)
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June 24, 2025

The Church and Cancer: How the Church Can Support Young Adults with Cancer and Their Caregivers

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Heather Zeiger, MS, MA
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May 20, 2025

AI Claims Its First Casualty

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Benjamin Clements, ThM
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April 22, 2025

On Killing and Conscience: Some Lessons from Ten Years of Physician-Assisted Death in Canada

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Ewan Goligher, MD, PhD
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March 25, 2025

Abortion and Scripture, Part 1: A Whole-Life Pro-Life Stance in Biblical Law

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Anna Vollema, PhD (Cand.)
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February 19, 2025

A New Online Tool for Creating an Advance Directive and Why an AI Won’t Lessen the Need for an AD

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John F. Kilner, PhD
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January 21, 2025