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August 2012

August 08, 2012

Does Prenatal Testing Equal Eugenics?

My colleague and friend Amy Julia Becker had an interesting conversation on her blog earlier...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

“No Easy Choice”: Driving People Nuts Since 2012

My favorite line in writer, reviewer, and all-around nice person LaVonne Neff's review of my...

July 18, 2012

Valuing Life, Preventing Suffering: A Central Tension in Genetic Screening for Disability

I'm attending and speaking at the 3rd annual Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, held...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Do I Hate My Life? No. But I Do Hate My Disability.

Thomas, a reader who has the same bone disorder I do (osteogenesis imperfecta, or OI)...

May 15, 2012

Another Q&A on “No Easy Choice”

Yesterday, Sandra Glahn (co-author of several books on infertility with Dr. William Cutrer) featured a...

May 10, 2012

A Collection of Stories About Reproductive Technology

As Amy Julia Becker so eloquently wrote in her review of my book last week,...

May 07, 2012

No Easy Choice: A Review and a Q&A

Fellow Patheos blogger has written a lovely review of my book, No Easy Choice: A...

May 01, 2012

The Scary Side of Noninvasive Prenatal Testing

Will insurance companies someday help bring about a "Gattaca-like two-tiered society, in which parents with...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

A Conversation About Reproductive Decisions and Faith

I was privileged to have a wonderful conversation several weeks ago with Martha Manikas-Foster, who...

April 13, 2012

Patheos (& Other) Peeps: Alison Hodgson on Etiquette for Perilous Times

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post, sometimes written by one of...

April 09, 2012

Believe the Better Story

(Originally published on April 1, 2010 on my former blog, Five Dollars and Some Common...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

Basic Info for New Readers Who Read About Me in the Hartford Courant

Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green featured me and my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...

March 09, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Elizabeth Nordquist on Walking as Spiritual Discipline

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

March 01, 2012

A Mom Asks Santorum to “Meet My Son”

Presidential contender Rick Santorum recently criticized the Obama administration's health care reform because it requires...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Revisiting the Daisies (Or, Why the Online World Isn’t All Bad)

My Facebook news feed yesterday morning was full of good-byes from friends who will fast...

February 21, 2012

Five Really Bad Excuses for Parking in a Handicapped Space When You Shouldn’t

Several years ago, I drove my daughter Leah to school one icy morning. Because slippery,...

February 20, 2012

Six Ways to Be Hospitable Toward People with Disabilities

Update: This post refers to people with physical disabilities. I would love to hear hospitality...

February 17, 2012

Patheos Peeps: Dilshad Ali on “Extreme Parenting”

Every Friday, I post a link to a blog post written by one of my...

February 16, 2012

Observations from My Book Launch

Observation 1: I really love public speaking. I had a great time speaking at my...

February 15, 2012

Q&A on Christians, IVF, and PGD

Over on her new blog hosted by Religion News Service, my ever-fabulous editor Jana Riess...

February 02, 2012

How a Diagnosis Can Both Help and Hurt

Looking back again at my post last week on prenatal screening for disabilities, I was...

February 01, 2012

Christians: Let’s Get Real About Suffering

My post last week on why prenatal screening for disabilities is motivated by different impulses...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Where Imperfect Bodies Reign

One day several years ago, I was in the hot tub at our local indoor...

January 26, 2012

Listen to My Interview on NPR

This morning, I was on my local NPR station (WNPR 90.5 in Hartford) as part...

January 25, 2012

Why Prenatal Screening for Gender and for Disabilities are Not the Same

When writing about reproductive ethics, I’m not in the business of telling people what to...

January 23, 2012

“Congrats on the book. What can I do to help?”

I am incredibly lucky to have supportive friends, family, and writing colleagues who rejoiced with...

January 17, 2012

Today’s the Day

January 17, 2012. The day my book, No Easy Choice: A Story of Disability, Parenthood,...

January 13, 2012

Family Portrait: September 29, 2003

*This is an excerpt from the introduction to my book, No Easy Choice: A Story...

January 02, 2012

It Only Took 10 Years

This month my book, No Easy Choice: A Story of Disability, Parenthood, and Faith in...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

10 Favorite Blog Posts from 2011

I thought I'd join the blogger bandwagon and finish up my week of year-end lists...