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Give Your Kids the Gift of Absence
I have a new post over at Christianity Today. Click here to read my latest piece, "Give Your Kids the Gift of Absence." "When we first moved to Connecticut five…
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When God Doesn’t Clean Up the Mess in Your Life
There are two ways for light to shine. There is overpowering light. Like the light of highbeams on a road at night. The light of the sun that makes…
What if You Don’t Need to Be Successful? (Or, Advent Reflections on Joy)
I was grumpy for a few years. Maybe not every day. But most days. And at the core of my being, deep inside my heart, lay a stone, a slowly…
The Annunciation, Raphael
When You Want to Say “&%$!” to God (Or: Advent Reflections on Hope)
I was reading from the early chapters of Luke as a part of getting ready for Christmas, and I came to the moment when the angel appears to Mary. So…
14 Books to Give This Holiday Season
Are you looking for books to give to friends and family? Here's a list of old and new titles worth considering (and of course I hope Small Talk and A…
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What I Learned When I Tried to Stop Drinking So Much Wine (or, Advent Reflections on Peace and Overcoming Anxiety)
In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg describes the way habits change. You don’t really break a habit, according to Duhigg. You just replace it with something else. And if…
Advent Reflections: How Love Transforms Us
How Love Transforms Us Love. Peace. Hope. Joy. We will see these words a lot in the next four weeks—in scrawling fonts, in red green, silver, and gold, adorning Christmas…
Thought on the Election of Donald Trump: Trust Your Love Instead of Your Fear
"Trust your love instead of your fear." I first said those words in a conversation with a woman who had received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, but they have…
If There Was a “Cure” For Down Syndrome – Podcast Wisconsin Public Radio
In August 2016 I wrote an article for Vox titled My daughter has Down Syndrome. Would I "cure" her if I could? I was then interviewed on the Wisconsin Public…
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