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September 2011

September 08, 2011

When Your Friend Finds Out She’s Having a Child with Down Syndrome . . .

A few weeks ago, I had the chance to talk with Diane Markins...

September 08, 2011

On Bambi, Disabilities, and Becoming Super-Great Friends

William and I were watching Bambi together last week. Penny was already asleep. Near the...

September 06, 2011

Hopes and Fears for Our Children (and another chance to win a copy of A Good and Perfect Gift)

My new memoir, A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named...

September 05, 2011

What Public Schools Have to Do with a Full Life

Last Friday, Family Life broadcast a conversation between Martha Manikas Foster and me about why...

September 01, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift Debuts (Share The News to Win a Free Copy!)

(Update: Alice Hodgkins has won this giveaway--much thanks to Alice and all the others...

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 24, 2011

Are You Satisfied With Your Life?

In John 10:10, Jesus says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy....

August 22, 2011

Judgments and Stories, Narrative Ethics and IVF

I wrote last week about a disturbing article in The New York Times Magazine that...

August 22, 2011

What Place Is There for Celibacy? Wesley Hill on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

A few weeks ago, I wrote a review of Jenell Paris' book, The End of...

August 19, 2011

The Humble Presence of God

I just read a book by a pastor of ours from our college days, Ian...

August 17, 2011

Plan for the Present

I'm all for retirement savings and life insurance policies and buying shoes that our kids...

August 15, 2011

Adoption: Call or Conversion?

I ran a series of guest posts in early August surrounding the topic of adoption....

August 15, 2011

Sneak Preview of A Good and Perfect Gift

It's been in the works for oh, five and a half years now, if you...

August 11, 2011

Follow Up on Evangelicals, the Historical Adam, Evolution, and NPR

Yesterday morning, I wrote a response to an NPR report about evangelicals disparate beliefs about...

August 10, 2011

Evolution, Evangelicals, the Historical Adam, and NPR

I read the Bible literally. Which is why I don’t believe in an historical Adam...

August 09, 2011

You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Yes, I have the song lyrics in mind, and yes, that's William on the left...

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...

August 05, 2011

My Garden of Delight

Sara Hagerty is a friend through marriage--her husband and mine were housemates for two years...

August 04, 2011

I So Get That: Reflections on the Hard Stuff Surrounding Adoption (Plus a Book Giveaway)

Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who...

August 04, 2011

I So Get That: Reflections on the Hard Stuff Surrounding Adoption (Plus a Book Giveaway)

Margot Starbuck, author of The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who...

August 03, 2011

Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

In the early stages of this blog, I wrote a post about in vitro fertilization....

August 02, 2011

Interview with Jennifer Grant: When God Told Us to Adopt

Earlier today, I ran a guest post from Jennifer Grant. I also had the opportunity...

August 02, 2011

Who Are My Children? (Plus a Book Giveaway)

As I explained yesterday, all the posts this week will center around the theme of...

August 02, 2011

Who Are My Children? (Plus a Book Giveaway)

As I explained yesterday, all the posts this week will center around the theme of...

August 01, 2011

What’s Happening on Thin Places This Week

Two pieces of exciting news. One, I'm on vacation this week with my family. Staycation,...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

Down Syndrome: What Story Will you Tell?

I had this moment when we were on vacation in Virginia Beach. I was looking...

July 27, 2011

Books that Bridge the Religion Gulf

One of my hopes as a writer is that I would be in conversation with...

July 27, 2011

Where are your Cities of Refuge?

The only time I go running with my husband Peter is when he is pushing...

July 25, 2011

Every Story Needs a Plot… Thoughts on A Good and Perfect Gift

Over the weekend, a friend asked, "What was the hardest part of writing A Good...

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...

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