Surprising words from a surprising source

Glenn T. Stanton, a self-professed member of the Religious Right, has some very good things to say about all of human experience being meaningful. He looks well beyond being pro-life in the anti-abortion sense to being pro-human and loving our neighbor and our enemy. He asks:

What if there were a movement dedicated to the question, What does it mean to be human?

Here are some excerpts from his thoughts:

We must become students of humanity. We must become humanists: people who are unreservedly committed to human life at its fullest, and people deeply pained by human life at its worst. Yes, someone from the Religious Right said we must become humanists...

The Incarnation is the center of the Christian story, summed up by Jacob Handl in the 16th century:
God has become human.He remained what he was, and what he was not, he became, suffering neither confusion nor division...

The Incarnation is a heavenly declaration that humanity—both flesh and spirit—matters. Humanity matters because what God creates, becomes, and is seeking to redeem cannot escape our fascination...

The Incarnation means there are no small lives. All of human experience is meaningful. And while the Incarnation may be a distinctly Christian doctrine, it is also the doctrine that commits us most completely to seeking the common good of our non-Christian neighbors. We serve a God who created our humanity, weeps at the fall of our humanity, became our humanity, and is redeeming our humanity...

It's worth reading the complete article all the way to the end where he gives a poignant illustration of incarnated grace. His thoughts echo a nagging question I've had about those who are committed to upholding the sanctity of life. Does the concern stop after the birth of the baby? It just makes sense to me to keep going. Can't we extend our care to the whole span of human life--and even beyond--to care for the environment and all that God created? (No wonder I have such trouble finding a candidate to vote for! Our political parties seem to favor one concern over the other.) I appreciate Stanton for "coming out" on this. His words are welcomed.
photo credits: Will Bragg and cicadas