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April 2012

April 10, 2012

“This is a God Place”: Why I Send My Kids to Christian School by Abigail Liu

Ms. Baker passed me the bag with the wet shirt at school pick-up. My shirt-sucking...

April 09, 2012

Where Should Christians Send Their Kids to School?

I have a new article for Christianity Today's magazine that is now available online: The...

April 05, 2012

Worth Reading and Watching: Being Remade, Disability and Religion, Life With God, and Failing Lent

Beautiful post by Mama Monk about the perpetual trials of being a parent of small...

March 2012

March 05, 2012

Maybe Parenting Really is all about Money

Lisa Belkin posted a really interesting piece about how having money relates to being a...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

What Jeremy Lin has to do with Down syndrome (and a few other things to think about)

Jeremy Lin has overturned assumptions about the ability of Asian Americans to play basketball. So...

February 10, 2012

Worth Reading

Number one on my list this week, because it combines individuals with disabilities, families, adoption,...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Worth Your Time

A few articles/posts/essays I've come across lately that you might enjoy: My Brother's Valuable Life,...

January 04, 2012

Hodge Podge of Articles/Posts Worth Reading

I can't resist passing along a few articles worth reading, spanning topics of faith, family,...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Why People Who Aren’t Christians Should be Glad When Christians are Around…

I live in the Northeast, where it's kind of unusual, and certainly suspect, to be...

November 15, 2011

Making Friends, or Inclusion in School

Penny had a playdate yesterday. Her second of the year, actually. Long term readers of...

October 2011

October 07, 2011

A Smattering of Posts Worth Reading: Infertility, Weddings, and a Little Boy with Down Syndrome Who Died Last Week

A post by Joanna Goddard that describes the struggle of infertility: What if You Can't...

September 2011

September 09, 2011

What I’m Reading: Sperm Donors, Religion and 9/11, and the Images of Down Syndrome

Three articles I recommend for your reading this weekend: First, a New York Times piece...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

What I’m Reading: Dealing with Death, Catholic Hospitals, and Autism

Siddharta Mukherjee wrote a column for the New York Times Magazine about his experience watching...

August 08, 2011

Words and Deeds Together: Gratitude for the Ministry of John Stott

Because I was away, I missed the opportunity to express my gratitude for John Stott's...

July 2011

July 22, 2011

David Brooks: The Debt Ceiling Debate Is Really a Denial of Death

I don't want bureaucrats in Washington deciding what kind of treatments people can get but...

July 07, 2011

Neuroscientists Are Just Modern-Day Calvinists…Discuss

When it comes to nature and nurture, the important point is that we choose neither...

June 2011

June 13, 2011

What I’m Reading: Articles about Sarah Palin and Down syndrome, Disability Worldwide, and Prenatal Screening

As reporters and others cull through Sarah Palin's emails of the past few years, one...

June 10, 2011

Environmentalism and Looking Forward to Getting Left Behind

Two articles about caring for the earth in the most recent issue of Christianity Today......

May 2011

May 23, 2011

Disability Roundup

A series of articles that might be of interest to readers who are interested in...

May 20, 2011

Would You Rather Be Left Behind?

It kind of bugs me that the press is paying so much attention to Harold...

May 19, 2011

Child Narcissists

Is social media helping create a generation of narcissists? This is the question posed by...

May 09, 2011

What I’m Reading: Articles on Atheist Chaplains, War, and the Autism Epidemic

Should atheists in the military have chaplains to serve their needs? That's the question asked...

April 2011

April 15, 2011

Healthy and Happy Trumps Everything Else?

I've written before about the ethical concerns raised by in vitro fertilization, and I continue...

April 14, 2011

Does it Show Respect to Proselytize?

The cover article of Christianity Today's current issue, "Proselytizing in a Multi-Faith World" offers a...

April 12, 2011

The Love of Money: How Much is Enough?

In The Fortunate Ones (the Atlantic), Graeme Wood reports on a recent study that demonstrates...

April 12, 2011

Would You Welcome a Child with Down Syndrome?

Three stories that couldn't be more different. One abortion. One orphan denied a family. And...

April 07, 2011

What I’m Reading: Articles on Atheists; CP, Comedy, and Oprah; and Teaching Kids to Play

My husband, a Christian, volunteered to be the faculty sponsor of the atheist club on...

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