My Daughter Does Not Exist to Teach Me a Lesson
Many people, when Penny was first born, talked to me about why it would be good for me to have a child with Down syndrome. They said: Penny would be…
S7 E11 | Flannery O’Connor and the Prophetic Imagination with Jessica Hooten Wilson
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Why would a Christian author immerse her stories in darkness? Why would she use violent imagery that directly relates to Christianity, race, class, disability, and illness?…
Using the Spiritual Imagination as a Vehicle for Hope
A few months after Penny was first born, I realized that I lacked an imagination for a good future for our family. What little understanding I had of life with…
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Reshaping Our Cultural Imagination
Our cultural imagination right now is being shaped by the lies and distortions of commercialism and materialism and violence. When we allow entertainment and productivity and consumer products and celebrity…
