Posts from Deborah McBain

Legacy of Midwifery, Part 1

by Deborah McBain | March 19, 2023

The current issues in American midwifery are deeply enmeshed in the history of its origins.

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Greed and Charity

by Deborah McBain | November 14, 2021

Despite the cynicism of this treatise on greed, I want to believe that Matthew Aylward’s charity is altruistic.

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Envy and Admiration

by Deborah McBain | November 07, 2021

Sister Julianne shows how someone can be steadfast in her own path and still admire and even envy a different one.

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Wrath and Kindness

by Deborah McBain | October 31, 2021

Shelagh Turner wisely points out to her student, Corrigan, that passion is not compassion. Perhaps the sin is in not examining what the wrath is trying to teach.

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Lust and Purity

by Deborah McBain | October 24, 2021

A lust for life is a pure and chaste hope for all forms of evolution, physical and social.

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Glutton for Punishment

by Deborah McBain | October 17, 2021

Can it be sinful when we do not create boundaries between our work and our private lives? Does it become wrong when loved ones feel the brunt of our passionate desire to help?

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The Demand to Do 'Good Works'

by Deborah McBain | October 10, 2021

Midwives in Detroit in 2021, just as in the east end of London in 1966, continue to witness the deadly consequences of social injustice.

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Pride and Humility

by Deborah McBain | October 03, 2021

Deborah McBain on the intersection of wardrobes, power, and midwifery.

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Exploring Season 10 Through a New Lens

by Deborah McBain | October 01, 2021

This season, each of my next seven blog entries will center around one of the seven deadly sins and the corresponding virtue it battles against.

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