I tested positive for Covid on Sunday morning. Penny had tested positive a few days before. Forty-five people were planning to come for lunch after church. So I went to…
When we need healing, is medicine the only solution? Dr. Matthew Loftus talks with Amy Julia Becker about both the limits and the role of medicine connected to healing, wholeness,…
Can disability and blessing go hand in hand? For a long time, I didn’t think so. And I still don’t understand how and when our genetic codes and bodies…
I wrote an essay for TIME that came out today: How Disability Changed What Easter Means to My Family. As I write in this essay, when our daughter Penny was…
I never know what to do with myself on Holy Saturday. Saturday comes, and I’m getting ready for people to come over for Easter. I’m stressing out that I didn’t…
I used to think that justice was about law courts and whether or not people should be fined or go to jail or not. My understanding of justice was narrow…
When I have unmet expectations for God, I begin to spiral into shame and fear. I don’t doubt God in general. I doubt myself. I doubt that God’s love is…
“Your works are wonderful. I know that full well.” These words from Psalm 139 sound like a typical statement of praise stating that God’s creation is wonderful. I can join…
When Penny was three weeks old, we got a call from a woman in town who had a teenager with Down syndrome. She was the head of the local Down…
I just got the most encouraging news. My pastor called and told me that she and our associate pastor had talked about what they wanted to do for our summer…
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