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November 2012

November 29, 2012

The Book I’m Giving Away This Christmas (an excerpt from Karen Swallow Prior’s Booked)

An excerpt (and book giveaway) with thoughts on disability, poetry, and faith from Karen Swallow...

November 23, 2012

The Perfect Christmas Gift?

Looking for an inexpensive but meaningful holiday gift?

November 14, 2012

Perfectly Human: My Pirfect Life by Nancy Jo Sullivan

One mother reflects on the pirfectly imperfect life of her daughter, Sara, who had Down...

November 08, 2012

Perfectly Human: One Wonderful Life by Lisa Woolsey

With global developmental delays, you might expect Nora to be described as disabled. Her mother...

November 02, 2012

Worth Reading: On Halloween, Daily Choices, and Genetic Testing

Lovely post by Micah Boyett on remembering the saints: Jesus in Real Life: Halloween and...

November 01, 2012

Ann Coulter, the R-word, and John Franklin Stephens’ Wise Response

Last week Ann Coulter called President Obama a retard. John Franklin Stephens, a 30-year old...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Preparing to Rest (as a Hurricane approaches)…

All of this resting takes work. Or perhaps I should say it takes preparation.

October 24, 2012

Bearing Fruit in Season

I find myself thinking that fallow ground is barren ground, when it may simply be...

October 23, 2012

Finding Myself Among 50 “Women to Watch” in Christianity Today

Somehow I made Christianity Today's list of 50 "women to watch."

October 17, 2012

When Sunday School is For Mommy

..."the Sunday School lesson for my children may have been designed by God for me."

October 12, 2012

What Perfection and Prenatal Testing Have to do with Each Other

Last spring, I had the privilege of sharing some thoughts at the Q Annual Conference...

October 08, 2012

A Good and Perfect Gift, One Year Later . . . and the Next Book

...the most rewarding part of writing a book is the emails and letters and one-on-one...

October 04, 2012

How Do You Find a Boy With Autism Who is Lost in the Woods?

A friend passed along an amazing article about the search and rescue of Robert Wood...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

Penny’s Star Days

Penny and I prayed, I cupped my hands around the gift of trust she'd given...

September 24, 2012

Hooking Up, Feminism, and a Different Solution…

Is today's "hookup culture" good for women?

September 13, 2012

Grace, by way of Dunkin Donuts

We are on the edge, and we keep getting pulled back by grace.

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Are Kids Sinful?

...as the mother of three children, I’ve started to wonder if children are really the...

August 21, 2012

Girl With Down Syndrome in Danger

We moved yesterday, so I don't have much time to write, but I wanted to...

August 20, 2012

What Does it Mean to Pray in Jesus’ Name?

What Penny taught me about praying "in Jesus name."

August 14, 2012

So You Want to Write a Book? My Best Advice

I started a blog. At first, it seemed like eating my spinach, something I had...

August 03, 2012

Explaining Accidental Death

My thoughts and prayers surrounding every parent's greatest fear...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

What to do when you’re feeling overwhelmed…

What I learned when my husband had to be away for six days...

July 24, 2012

How Much Does God Love You?

Last fall, my I wrote about my fears about moving. Yesterday, I learned how those...

July 19, 2012

The Best Books About Disability

I was asked to come up with my "Top Five Books About Special Needs" for...

July 16, 2012

Lies I Used to Believe About Disability

When our daughter Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth, I discovered that...

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...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

On Love, Waiting for God, and What Makes Us Human

I hope that having Penny in my life has taught me first and foremost to...

June 25, 2012

One Change I Would Make to A Good and Perfect Gift (plus an interview and a giveaway)

Every perfectionist knows that perfection (by any measure) isn’t possible, but the pretense of it...

June 19, 2012

Giving My Kids a Safe Place to Fall

My goal is not to dictate what they believe or to think that if we...

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