Here’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately: Can we truly delight in our children if we don’t know what it means to delight in ourselves? When we don’t feel…
“Gavin Newsom is a mongoloid who barely registers half a brain cell…” That’s what Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said in response* to a taunt by California Governor…
What happens when our identities emerge from resting in the love of God rather than obeying the demands of our cultural gods? Walter Brueggemann writes at the end of his…
Favorite books, essays, podcasts episodes, and more that I enjoyed in the month of May, plus recent cultural news that I’m paying attention to… For Car Rides with Kids and…
Not a tragedy. Not alone. Not without hope. These were the ideas I shared with the families at Walnut Hill Community Church in my first live, in-person Reimagining Family Life…
What would I say now to a doctor who responded negatively to a prenatal (or postnatal) diagnosis of Down syndrome? I was asked this question at an event in Chicago…
We celebrated Penny’s 19th birthday in stages last week, first with a trip to NJ to see her friend Rachel and—a few days late—with our whole family. The best part…
Tim Walz took center stage at the Democratic National Convention and so did his son Gus, who has a nonverbal learning disorder as well as ADHD. Through their interaction, we…
When it comes to disability, most westerners have a deformed imagination. I am one of these westerners, although having a daughter with Down syndrome has begun to reshape my imagination…
There are two true stories that run through my life. The first one, the one I’ve paid attention to a lot over the years, is the one that says, “You…
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