Bridging the Gap, or Why I Feel Uneasy About Being Penny’s Mom

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I sometimes feel uneasy about being the mother of a child with special needs, and it’s not what you might think…

On Identity, Being an Evangelical, and Writing

Kristina Robb Dover, blogger at Saints and Sinners over at beliefnet, recently asked if she could interview me. The interview begins: Christianity Today has named you one of 50 women to know, for your work in (and I quote) “profoundly shaping the evangelical church and North American society.”  Would you also use the term “evangelical” [...]

Lies I Used to Believe About Disability

The night we came home from the hospital with Penny...

When our daughter Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth, I discovered that I had unwittingly believed two lies.

Do Your Abilities Determine Who You Are?

Is your identity comprised of what you do? Or who you love?