Responsive Parenting
When Penny was three months old, and we were so very new to all things parenting and all things related to disability, we attended a conference for parents of children…
When Penny was three months old, and we were so very new to all things parenting and all things related to disability, we attended a conference for parents of children…
“Anxiety is anticipated terror. Hope is anticipated joy.” I heard theologian Jürgen Moltmann say this to fellow theologian Miroslav Volf on a podcast a long time ago. For some reason,…
As we pay attention to pain and ask for help, we are already taking the third step toward healing. The third step is to, in Father Gregory Boyle’s words, “surrender…
After we pay attention to pain, the second step to healing is to ask for help. There are two ways we can ask for help. I think of them as…
The first step in receiving God’s healing is to pay attention to pain. Whether it is the pain of an aching back or the pain of a sharp word directed…
How can we receive healing? Pay attention to pain. Ask for help. Surrender to healing. I had a chance to preach at our church last Sunday about the story of…
In a society reeling from the pandemic and the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, is it possible to create something new for our world? Anne Snyder, editor-in-chief of Comment magazine…
If you’re curious about the topics I write about in To Be Made Well, here’s a sneak peek at the Table of Contents. (And if you want to join us…
In our household, we have to fight the urge for each of us to withdraw from one another on our individual devices. We have to challenge ourselves to move our…
I did not expect to catch a glimpse of heaven in a TIME magazine article about food waste. But then I started reading about Massimo Bottura, a world-renowned chef who…