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Advances in reproductive technology are opening major doors, and with them, major moral and ethical questions. (Part 1) Molecular biotechnologist and social media influencer Hashem Al-Ghaili recently shared with the world his concept design for an artificial womb. His “EctoLife” wombs promise to grow human beings – by as many as 30,000 per facility – for infertile couples in a germ-free environment and on completely renewable energy. Desiring parents will be able to engineer their child, picking everything from the skin color, strength, and gender to the baby’s intelligence level and predisposition to genetic/virulent diseases. The entire “we’re having a baby” process promises to be smooth, convenient, pain-free, and achievable with the simple press of a button.

When Daddy died in 1984, Mother asked her ten children if they wanted something of Daddy’s to remember him by. He didn’t have much to leave, but several wanted his Colt .22 Pistol. When Mother couldn’t decide who to give it to, I suggested she sell it for a reduced price to one of us. Bill, our oldest brother, wanted it, so Mother offered to sell it to him for $300 he wouldn’t buy it.

Literally. Jana’s daughter Grace wraps her mother in the sweetest embrace after her testimony at the Rosevine Church of God Women’s Conference. Below is Jana with speaker Bobbie Jo Elliott. Her story next week.

Recovering from a hard freeze It has now been a couple of weeks since our area saw temperatures as low as 9 degrees in the days leading up to Christmas. Many have seen or are starting to see the affects of these frigid nights in their landscape.