Matt Miller is a pastor and communicator in Memphis, TN. He has a new podcast called Take Courage. In the recent “Hope and Healing” episode he interviewed me about writing White Picket Fences. I guess it’s fair to call it courageous to write this book, only because, as Matt points out, I have the luxury […]
7 More Diverse Book Recommendations & A Deeper Look
In a previous post, I set out to select 20 diverse books from a few of our children’s favorites in various age groups: toddler, pre-school, early elementary, later elementary, middle school. It seemed like an easy task. But then when I was compiling this list, I decided to look up the author photos. I realized […]
4 Simple Lessons to Stay Connected to Your Spouse
Peter and I have been married for 20 years this week. I am grateful in a way that words cannot convey for the ways we have grown up together. I’m not going to proclaim publicly the specific reasons I’m grateful for him, but I will offer four things that have helped us to stay connected […]
Trying to Expand Your Bookshelf? Here Are 20 Diverse Books for Kids of All Ages
Four years ago, I was working on a book about children’s literature. I loved the experience of reading out loud to our kids, especially reading chapter books, and I wanted to write about it. It seemed like a sweet and safe topic–the friendship that develops between parent and child through a shared story, the power […]
How Do I Figure Out Where To Go?
On my run a few weeks ago, I was thinking about how I am in a period of “figuring out what I want to do next.” The book tour for White Picket Fences has ended, with a sprint through April and then talks at the Summer Institute on Theology and Disability and the headquarters of […]
Love Is Patient: In Memory of Jean Vanier
“Love is patient.” This simple statement has been on my heart and mind this past week after I learned of the death of Jean Vanier, the founder of the L’Arche communities. L’Arche is an organization in which people with intellectual disabilities and typical people lived side by side in community, and Vanier wrote about […]
