by John Ensor | Sep 27, 2019 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Blog, Crisis Intervention, Food for thought
What do we learn from the professional field of Crisis Intervention, or Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) that especially informs the work of pregnancy crisis intervention (PCI)? In Crisis Intervention: The Volunteer Game, I outlined how It is recognized...
by John Ensor | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, Crisis Intervention, Culture, Food for thought
What do we learn from the professional field of Crisis Intervention, or Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) that especially informs the work of pregnancy crisis intervention (PCI)? Previously, we noted that it is accepted practice within the field of crisis...
by John Ensor | Sep 13, 2019 | Blog, Food for thought
What do we learn from the professional field of Crisis Intervention, or Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) that especially informs the work of pregnancy crisis intervention (PCI)? Society’s attempt to understand human crises and construct models of...
by John Ensor | Sep 6, 2019 | Blog, Culture, Food for thought, Statistics
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) occurs so frequently during pregnancy that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends screening for violence “at the first prenatal visit, at least once per trimester, and at the postpartum checkup.” IPV...
by John Ensor | Sep 2, 2019 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Blog, Food for thought
In Psalm 139 verse 13, David sees that his personal history as a living, distinct and whole human being started in the womb. He sees a “me” in there being made personally by a divine “you.” Elsewhere in the Bible, you see the same thing. Consider Genesis 4:1:...
by John Ensor | Aug 16, 2019 | Biblical Insights on Abortion, Blog, Food for thought
Between 1882 and 1968, nearly 3,500 Black Americans were lynched in the United States. Among them were Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, murdered in Marion, Indiana on August 7, 1930. The night before, they had been arrested and charged with the armed robbery and murder...
