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July 2012

July 15, 2012

Worth Reading: on Faith, Disability, and Busyness

Really beautiful and profound reflection on what it means to be the body of Christ...

July 12, 2012

What Does “Preventive” Care Mean? Further Thoughts on Prenatal Testing, Abortion, and Down syndrome

Prenatal testing was developed for the purpose of selective abortion, but has selective abortion been...

July 12, 2012

Supreme Court Unexpectedly Upholds Regulatory Elimination of Down Syndrome

Is a new type of eugenics the unexpected result of the Affordable Care Act?

July 11, 2012

Coming out of the Shadows of Autism through Poetry

An interview with Virginia Breen, author of I Am In Here, about autism, faith, and...

July 10, 2012

Summer Reading and A Good and Perfect Gift Book Giveaway

What books are you reading this summer? (plus a chance to win a free copy...

July 06, 2012

Good News for Fetuses with Down syndrome in Massachusetts?

As Bonnie Rochman reported for Healthland on Time.com last week: Of the myriad things that...

July 05, 2012

Reflections from Jill’s House

Jill’s House steps in to provide a weekly or monthly overnight break for parents, celebrating...

July 02, 2012

Grateful for Down Syndrome?

I continue to believe that there is something about Down syndrome that is good, that...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Jill’s House: How One Girl’s Disability Is Transforming Hundreds of Lives by Cameron Doolittle

Jill’s House is the only facility in the United States that provides these amazing families...

June 22, 2012

Do Your Abilities Determine Who You Are?

Is your identity comprised of what you do? Or who you love?

June 15, 2012

Articles of Interest: Eugenics, Prenatal Testing, Morality, and Prayer in the Everyday

They've done it again. Yes, scientists have accomplished something incredible. And yes, their discovery poses...

May 2012

May 30, 2012

How Can You Talk with your Kids About Disability?

William came home from school a few weeks back and he said, "Mom." He said...

May 25, 2012

Seeing Delane as One of Us

I received an email from a reader of this blog a few weeks ago. Lois...

May 24, 2012

Upcoming Events: Germantown, MD, New York City, and Chicago

For any of you who have checked my website lately, you might have noticed it's...

May 23, 2012

My Next Book? What Every Woman Needs to Know About Prenatal Testing

I’m working on a new e-book with Patheos right now. It’s tentatively titled “What Every...

May 21, 2012

If Your True Love Suffered a Brain Injury, What Would You Do?

They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he...

May 07, 2012

The Ethics of Reproductive Choices: An Interview with Ellen Painter Dollar

This morning, I linked to my post for her.meneutics in which I reviewed Ellen Painter...

May 07, 2012

Reproductive Choices in a Broken World: Reflections on Ellen Painter Dollar’s No Easy Choice

My friend and fellow Patheos blogger Ellen Painter Dollar has written a book about reproductive...

May 02, 2012

Can Kids with Disabilities BE Friends? by Benjamin Conner

(This post is Part 2. Read Part 1: Can Kids with Disabilities HAVE friends?) Many...

May 01, 2012

Can Kids with Disabilities HAVE Friends? by Ben Conner

I usually visit Matt during his lunch break in a busy school cafeteria where he...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Can Kids with Disabilities Make Friends?

One of my earliest fears for Penny, and consequently one of my earliest prayers, had...

April 27, 2012

Hurry or Help?

Penny and William and I were reading Thomas the Train a while back, and Thomas...

April 26, 2012

The Difference Between Brokenness and Limitations

Brokenness and limitations are not the same thing. Brokenness, whether physical, emotional, or spiritual, is...

April 25, 2012

Perfectly Human: A Little Extra (and Mother’s day is coming up…)

Mother's Day is coming up. And a friend recently suggested I offer a shameless plug...

April 23, 2012

A Blessed Life

Last week, I had the privilege of sharing some thoughts on the Beatitudes, Matthew 5:3-11,...

April 19, 2012

His Life Was Marked by Love, a Father’s Eulogy for his Son

I've had the honor of trading a few emails with Aaron Cobb recently. He shared...

April 04, 2012

Are Children With Down Syndrome “Special”?

I tend to balk at generalized statements about kids and adults with Down syndrome. There's...

April 02, 2012

Creating Space in the Church for People with Disabilities

I had a wonderful time in North Carolina last week, and I hope I'll take...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

Can’t Resist: Articles Worth Reading

Louise Kinross' take on "after-birth abortion: "I Say Gobbledygook!" The Brain on Love, a fascinating...

March 22, 2012

Down Syndrome Goes Global

When our daughter Penny was a baby, I took her into Panera Bread at lunchtime....

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