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September 2016

September 12, 2016

Disability as the Last Acceptable Prejudice: A Farewell Blog Post (For Now)

In the face of entrenched prejudice and misunderstanding about disabilities and the people who live...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

The Three Worst Stories That “Me Before You” Tells About Disability

Me Before You tells three particularly damaging stories about life with a disability.

June 13, 2016

In Hamilton vs. Orlando, I Choose Hamilton

We can choose to harness history's power—the power of the stories we tell—to claim hope...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Prince, Chronic Pain, Opioids & Why Dependence is Not a Pathology

On April 21, when my alarm clock radio blasted “Raspberry Beret” at 5:30 a.m., I...

May 03, 2016

God in My Gut

If God isn’t going to speak to me with a voice or in a dream...

April 2016

April 30, 2016

Consider the Birds: What happens to a writer (this writer) when words fail

The birds are trying to tell me something. If only I could figure out what....

March 2016

March 15, 2016

A Mother’s Call to Care for Other People’s Children

My good friend Sally has been traveling to the West Bank for a dozen years as...

March 10, 2016

Lenten Compline for the Weary Parent

I need to make room for confession that goes deeper than my grimy kitchen floor...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Please Don’t Post a Photo of Your Kid’s Broken Arm, For Her Sake (& Mine)

We can help people understand what it means to live with a disability without shining...

February 15, 2016

This Lent, I’m Learning to Walk Again

When an early Easter will likely dawn gray and cold, snow still on the ground...

January 2016

January 19, 2016

Chronic Pain, Shame, & Being Dependent (Not Addicted) to Opioids

The simple fact that I’ve found an effective treatment allowing me to live an active...

January 16, 2016

The Limits of Gratitude

Gratitude is having a moment in our culture. Lifestyle gurus, including Oprah, tout the positive...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

My Christmas Pageant Moment

This post was originally published on the Episcopal Café web site on January 21, 2010, and has...

December 18, 2015

Top 10 Posts of 2015: On Empathy, Planned Parenthood, What Would Jesus Do, and More

Yes, I'm jumping the gun by a couple of weeks, by posting my top 10...

December 04, 2015

Hope is the Hard and Necessary Work of Advent

Practicing Advent hope in the face of hopelessness is the fundamental—sometimes hardest—work God has given...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Serving God When You’re Not Sure God is There

Following God’s call doesn’t require that we feel a particular way, only that we show...

November 15, 2015

Why I’m Not Capable of an Equitable Distribution of Empathy for Terror Attacks

In the immediate aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, we need to offer one another...

November 13, 2015

Spotlight: A Film About Devotion to Truth, the Church, and a God Who Shows Up in Unexpected Places

Of the many remarkable things about the new film Spotlight, the most remarkable is that...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

On Marriage, Church, and Sticking Around When Things Get Hard

In both marriages and churches, sometimes the challenge is to stay in the aftermath of...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

A Cancer Memoir that (Mostly) Gets It Right

I have rarely read a book that inspired so many different reactions, in such quick...

August 2015

August 04, 2015

Our Alleged “Contraceptive Mentality” is a Straw Man That Needs to Die

The way forward on abortion requires seeking common ground with those on a different side...

August 03, 2015

Big Gifts of a Small Life: Meeting God in Sticky Floors, Carpools, & the Needy People I Call My Own

We must believe that it's necessary to go on with small acts of daily care...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

It’s Complicated: A Pro-Choice Christian Responds to the Planned Parenthood Scandal

First, a confession: When I saw the first post in my Facebook news feed from...

July 27, 2015

After 25 Years of the ADA, What Disabled People Most Want (Hint: It’s Not More Ramps)

Yesterday marked 25 years since President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act...

July 23, 2015

Seven Favorite Posts on Disability, in Honor of the ADA’s 25th Anniversary

On the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), I'm sharing seven of...

July 22, 2015

Who Exactly Are “the Least of These”?

Which interpretation of Matthew 25 is more likely to inspire us to love our neighbor,...

July 21, 2015

A Theology of Radical Attachment: Finding God in Clutter & Strawberries, Long Walks & Big Rocks

While our messy attachments to people, places and things sometimes complicate and distract, they also...

July 18, 2015

Suspicions Confirmed: Local Volunteer Does Not, In Fact, Have a Life

I've been on a wonderful family vacation and recovering from the whirlwind end of the school...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Why I’m Still a Christian

I’m still a Christian because the Biblical story speaks to my deepest needs, longings, pleasures,...

June 15, 2015

Why Slow Writing is the Only Kind I Want to Do

Fallow times are as necessary for writers as they are for fields and gardens. We...