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A Glimpse of Hope for Healing the Wounds of Racism

  • Post published:May 20, 2022
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I’ve struggled a bit this past week to understand how much the Buffalo shooting should be understood in a wider context of racism in the United States. Esau McCaulley’s essay…

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Teaching Our Children What We Are FOR

  • Post published:May 13, 2022
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Eboo Patel’s essay for the New York Times Tuesday reminded me that I want to teach our kids what we are FOR as a family. So we support restrictions on…

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The Link-Up (March/April 2022)

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My top 5 recommendations of what to read, watch, or listen to from the past month that I shared in my monthly update (you can subscribe to the updates here): The…

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Why You Should Watch CODA

  • Post published:April 8, 2022
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Penny was the first person in our family to watch CODA, the Best-Picture winning film which doubles as a coming-of-age story and a reflection on life in a family as…

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“I Don’t Want Anyone to ‘Fix’ My Kid”

  • Post published:April 1, 2022
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I listened to Heather Kirn Lanier and Bishop Curry in a beautiful conversation about disability and parenting and what it means to believe that we each are beloved as we…

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5-Book Giveaway: Contentment and Wholeness

  • Post published:March 23, 2022
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This bundle of books in the 5-book giveaway is a multi-faceted look at how we can live with greater contentment and wholeness as parents, as individuals, in community, and in…

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Cured | What Happens When We Pay Attention to Our Bodies

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“...our deepest hopes, fears, needs, and longings are often expressed through our illnesses because every other avenue of expression is blocked.” – Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., Cured: The Life-Changing Science of…

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11-Book Giveaway: Personal, Spiritual, and Social Healing

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I've teamed up with some incredible authors for an 11-book giveaway! Enter for a chance to win ALL ELEVEN of these books, which are about personal, spiritual, and social healing.…

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Without People with Disabilities, We Are Missing Out

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If your church doesn’t have any participating members with intellectual disabilities, you are missing out on knowing the fullness of who God is.  I’ve been reading Brian Brock’s wonderful book,…

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The Deep Truth Within Encanto

  • Post published:February 25, 2022
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I’m one of the few parents on the planet who only just saw Encanto. I’ve sung along in the car to “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure,” but…

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