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April 2012

April 06, 2012

A Not-so-Great Friday

Perhaps it is fitting that today was a day with William screaming in the night,...

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...

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 30, 2012

The Wheat and the Weeds

Peter can always tell when I’m excited about something because I try, unsuccessfully, to hide...

March 28, 2012

Faith, Grief, and Growing Up

Fellow Redbud writer Kelli Trujillo interviewed me for her blog this week, and in one...

March 26, 2012

What Does It Mean to Listen to God?

Peter has a two week spring break. It involves some grading and commenting and preparing...

March 23, 2012

A Good and Perfect Gift Wins a Christopher Award!

We were in the San Juan airport on our way to four days of vacation...

March 21, 2012

World Down Syndrome Day and What I See in Penny

Two hours after our daughter was born, she was diagnosed with Down syndrome. The pronouncement...

March 20, 2012

Be Still and Know, Spirituality and Religion

There's a verse from Psalm 46 that summarizes the relationship between the practice of religion...

March 19, 2012

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Responses to Readers about Down syndrome and wrongful birth

I'm sure some of you have skimmed the comments over on the Huffington Post from...

March 17, 2012

Life with Down Syndrome: Good or Wrongful?

Over the course of the past five years, I've read news reports of a series...

March 15, 2012

Dads-in-Chief, or What I Like About Rick Santorum and President Obama

When Sarah Palin first accepted the vice presidential nomination in 2008, I thought I should...

March 13, 2012

Beginning to Understand Her as a Gift

For those of you who have already read A Good and Perfect Gift, this post...

March 12, 2012

Learning to Read

When Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the doctors told us that she would have...

March 09, 2012

What People are saying about A Good and Perfect Gift

A Good and Perfect Gift came out in September. It hasn't come close to best...

March 07, 2012

Spirituality Tip for Busy Moms #6: Go to Sleep (and I’m Going on Vacation)

I meant to share the link to this great post by my friend Karen Swallow...

March 07, 2012

The R-Word and the Courage to Say I’m Sorry

Penny had surgery a few weeks back. It all went well. But in the recovery...

March 06, 2012

Lenten Reflections: Telling Friends about Jesus

As those of you with young children already know, last week was Dr. Seuss’ birthday....

March 02, 2012

Rick Santorum, prenatal testing, and choice

I'm working on an essay about recent developments in the national conversation about prenatal testing....

March 02, 2012

Mama Monk, my new Favorite Blogger

It might seem odd, but I don't read very many blogs. I read magazines in...

March 01, 2012

Lenten Reflections: What Lasting Mean?

I should begin by explaining that our kids have initiated a new bedtime ritual. It...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

My Life as a God Blogger

I think my interview last week with Drew Marshall as his weekly "God blogger" might...

February 24, 2012

What I’ve Learned Through Penny (in Six Minutes)

I had a lovely conversation with Susie Larson for Moody Radio last Friday. Somehow in...

February 23, 2012

Seeing Down Syndrome or Seeing Penny?

When Bonnie Rochman was writing her article for TIME, she asked me (per her editor's...

February 22, 2012

Lenten Reflections: What Does Drinking Wine Have to do with Needing God?

When 5:00 rolls around, I want a glass of wine. Especially if it's winter and...

February 21, 2012

Talking to Time Magazine about Prenatal Testing and Down Syndrome

I read a lot about prenatal testing, especially now that a company called Sequenom has developed...

February 21, 2012

Photo Shoot with TIME, or What Does Down syndrome Look Like?

Reed and Aaron showed up at 11:00 last Sunday, just as we were getting home...

February 20, 2012

One Last Surgery Update

So the doctor told us to expect a 5-7 day recovery. But Penny woke up...

February 17, 2012

Penny at the Hospital, or What I Love About Our Daughter

I woke up this morning because Penny came barreling into our room. "I want to...

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