Thoughts from October 9-13, 2017 on Anxiety, Sickness and Friendship
Once a week I compile the reflections I've offered on Facebook into one blogpost. Here are the thoughts from the past five days: Friday, October 13, 2017 I've written a…
Missing Out on Beautiful: New Free Ebook about Down Syndrome and other thoughts
Dear October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and I've created an eBook called "Missing Out on Beautiful: 7 Essays about Raising a Child with Down Syndrome" as my way of…
Thoughts from September 4-8, 2017
As many of you know, I stopped blogging two years ago, mostly because blogging consumed the time that I had for writing, and I chose to write books instead of…
What Going to Middle School Taught Me about Love
Today is day five of middle school for Penny. She has weathered it better than I have--great attitude, tremendous excitement about the prospect of hot lunch (which wasn't available daily…
Why We Must Insist Upon Knowledge Tethered to Love
I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…
Penny and her family at Epcot, or what love and knowledge together look like
What if Usefulness is Not the Measure of our Humanity?
I was invited to share some thoughts on disability and theology with the student body of St. Paul’s School, a boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire. I offered three reflections…
Penny's friends celebrate her on her 11th birthday
On World Down Syndrome Day, Some Thoughts on Beauty, Vulnerability, and Love
Dear friends, Last week I told our kids that today is World Down Syndrome Day, a day across the globe to celebrate the lives of those living among us with…
Thought on the Election of Donald Trump: Trust Your Love Instead of Your Fear
"Trust your love instead of your fear." I first said those words in a conversation with a woman who had received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, but they have…
If There Was a “Cure” For Down Syndrome – Podcast Wisconsin Public Radio
In August 2016 I wrote an article for Vox titled My daughter has Down Syndrome. Would I "cure" her if I could? I was then interviewed on the Wisconsin Public…
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