May 2025 Favorites
Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of April, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… STUDY: Measuring the Good Life PBS: CHANGE,…
Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of April, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… STUDY: Measuring the Good Life PBS: CHANGE,…
Grief and Disability from Matthew Mooney on the podcast When a family receives a diagnosis—when they learn their child has a disability—grief often follows. Matthew and Ginny Mooney define grief…
Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us are living within our…
Not a tragedy. Not alone. Not without hope. These were the ideas I shared with the families at Walnut Hill Community Church in my first live, in-person Reimagining Family Life…
I feel like I should be too old to have camp friends, but I guess that’s one more gift of getting involved in Hope Heals. Our friend and Hope Heals…
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us…
I used to hate setting goals for Penny. It felt like I was measuring her worth based on how quickly she achieved something I arbitrarily decided for her. I wanted…
Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of April, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… Books MEDITATIONS FOR MORTALS BY OLIVER…
One of the things Cara and I talk about in this podcast episode is an oversimplified version of Christianity. I’ve been reading through Exodus lately, and I’ve realized how often I think of…
Roasted marshmallows, campfire stories, shaving cream battles—for some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular,…