Links to our August 2016 newsletter articles

Back to Blog Home

This month’s cover article reports that federal laws designed to protect the rights of conscience of health care workers are being ignored or overturned. Despite clear precedent, the state of California is requiring insurance plans to cover abortion. In several states, pro-life nurses are being coerced into assisting with abortions. To respond to these developments, pro-life leaders are asking for support for The Conscience Protection Act. Visit bit.ly/healthconscience to contact your elected representatives.
Rob Slane examines the “unite against hate” trends that have been flooding our Facebook and Twitter feeds. What is a Biblical perspective? Rob reminds us that God is the ultimate hater, because He is love.
The August Member Spotlight features Benjamin Pinkevich, who was converted to Christ as a teenager in the Soviet Union. Through El Shalom Ministries his family now brings the Gospel to Russian-Jewish people in Israel and the U.S. The Pinkeviches also tell us why they joined Samaritan.
A few months ago, we profiled Darren Doane in a Member Spotlight. In September, his new movie, They Grow Up Fast, will be available to view online for free for Samaritan members and their friends. This month, we take a look at the film.
Members Joel and Anna Troyer tell the story of how their son Landry stopped developing properly at 15 months, exhibiting what everyone thought were signs of autism. It turned out he had Neuro-Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, a condition that remains largely unknown in the medical community. Landry made a dramatic recovery receiving nutritional and anti-viral therapies under the direction of a doctor specializing in this condition.
Learn about three SMI members who are doctors who have built practices using the Direct Primary Care model, which is designed to put the patient at the center, not intrusive third parties. Drs. Deborah Chisholm, Michael Kloess and Jeffrey Davenport offer direct access to your doctor by phone and email, same or next-day scheduling, and extended appointments.
We review Under Our Skin and Under Our Skin 2: Emergence, documentaries examining chronic Lyme disease, a controversial issue in the medical community for more than 20 years.
In The Doorpost, Ray King asks if we’re thirsty for God in a reflection on Psalm 42:1-2.