We Are Not as Divided as We Think We Are
We are not as divided as we think we are. Climate Change Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and an evangelical Christian, mentioned on a podcast that only 7 percent of…
We are not as divided as we think we are. Climate Change Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and an evangelical Christian, mentioned on a podcast that only 7 percent of…
Three quirky things to know about me: My wardrobe is becoming entirely composed of white and navy blue. When I traveled to Florida to speak last weekend, I brought five…
If you like true stories that are also inspirational and suggest that love really can overcome hatred and fear, you have to watch The Best of Enemies. The Best of…
I got to hold a baby yesterday. A bright-eyed baby who smells soft and sweet (I know—how does someone smell soft, but she really did) and who cries and grabs…
For years, the idea of “Black Jesus” confused me. I understood why we needed to subvert the all-too-familiar image of Jesus as blonde-haired and blue-eyed. Jesus was Jewish and grew…
I used to think that “awareness” was too small a word for what we need in order to change the perceptions and reality for people with Down syndrome like our…
Slow, local, messy. Small, hidden, unnoticed. Patient, gentle, kind. These are the words I tend to use to describe the work of God’s Spirit in our lives and in the…
“I really need my own laptop for school.” I’m not going to name which child uttered these words, because they each feel the same way. They feel that they need…
Ending the day without anxiety. Receiving spiritual truth and practical wisdom from another mother of a child with a disability. And entering into a story about the extravagant tenderness of…
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” That’s what my sister wrote to me after I showed her an email from Penny. Penny, unprompted, had sent me a Google…