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Does Dementia Diminish the Image of God?
Does dementia diminish our worth? What happens to the image of God in us when a mind changes, fades, or forgets? Is disability the same as suffering? The answers to…
How Do You Know Your Calling?
REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE PODCAST Some people get paid to do what they love, but most don’t. How can we find meaning in everyday work that we don’t always love…
Super Babies and the Cost of Control
I recently read a Washington Post essay entitled “Inside the Silicon-Valley Push to Breed Super Babies.” It describes the latest technology to screen embryos for genetic differences, technology which claims…
Does Disability Mean Tragedy?
Is disability a tragedy? Is it a gift? What place is there for grief and for joy in this story of disability so many of us are living within our…
Ministry of Tears
How do I care for someone in pain? People have asked me this question. I’ve asked this question. And I thought it would be helpful to share advice from Katherine…
Disability and Suffering Are Not the Same
Disability and suffering are not the same. I was so disappointed to read John McWhorter's misunderstanding of disability in the NYT. He wrote: "To say that someone “has” a disability…
S7 E5 | Finding Hope in the Dark with Curt Thompson, MD
Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do we show up for each other in the midst of pain? Is it possible to hope when we’re suffering? Psychiatrist Curt Thompson, author of…
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Sitting in the Dark on Good Friday
I would like to skip Good Friday. I would like the cross to not be a part of the story. I would like to ignore darkness and suffering. I would…
False Message: Disability is a tragedy to be alleviated.
When it comes to disability, we receive many erroneous and incomplete messages from the media and popular culture. Here’s the second of four false messages we receive about disability. FALSE…
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How Can We Respond to All the Injustice and Suffering?
Recent news has been filled with brutality and evil. War in Ukraine. Shooting upon shooting upon shooting. And a report by the Southern Baptist Convention that details abuse upon abuse…
