It's Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events

from a Christian worldview.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, the war thus continues, the suffering continues, and

this is not just a geopolitical story.

It is a deeply human story.

And the humanity of the story was made abundantly clear

with the Russian attack upon a maternity hospital

in the town of Mary U-Paul.

And in that town it is now known there were several deaths and in that attack

we now know at least one pregnant woman died with her baby.

So many interesting dimensions to this, the heartbreak. died with her baby.

So many interesting dimensions to this, the heartbreak is so tangible, it is so real,

but I want to note something and that is that the worldwide press got this story right in referencing the woman and her baby.

Just notice that in so many other contexts, particularly on the issue of abortion, many of those

same media sources would go out of their way to avoid the use of the word baby.

But as Christians we understand that even as in the context of something that is morally excruciating,

morally clear, reality shows itself in this kind of issue.

And you see it in particular in the grief of parents

when an unborn child dies.

You see it in the grief of a community when there is something like this,

whether it come by natural evil or by moral evil. Either way, there is no denying the reality that this was a woman and her baby.

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