Today I’d like to introduce you to another writer I love, especially when it comes to spirituality and family, my friend Micha Boyett. Before I give her the stage, let me direct you to one of my favorite posts of hers, one which I intended to share with you all long ago. It’s about her childhood friend Carey, who had Down syndrome, and their mutual friend Melyn, who loved Carey. It is a beautiful reflection on friendship and loss, and... Read more
An introduction to blogger Ellen Painter Dollar, who writes about faith, parenting, ethics, and disability Read more
An introduction to one of my favorite bloggers you might not yet know--Rachel Marie Stone on food, faith, Candy Land, and Malawi. Read more
In addition to tweets mentioning articles I’ve read and appreciated this past week, I want to share a quotation from a book I just started by Wendell Berry, The Hidden Wound. I wonder whether those of us who are white people struggling to think about and understand the reaction to the George Zimmerman verdict would do well to read this book in full. Here’s how he begins: If I had thought it was only the black people who have suffered... Read more
Scientists think they have discovered a way to "silence" the chromosome that causes Down syndrome. We should be jumping for joy, right? I'm not so sure. Read more
How can pro-life and pro-choice people talk to each other when our political and media representatives speak so the other side can't listen? Read more
Here’s a roundup of tweets from this past week, including links to articles you might appreciate. Happy reading! The Girls Who Haven’t Come Home: One mother fighting to get her daughters out of#FosterCare ow.ly/mQCK7 @nytimes#BrokenHome “At 80, I often feel #life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over” ow.ly/mQGTw@nytimes #Joy of #OldAge “Alleviating #Poverty to Creating#Prosperity“- #Helping a world in need rather than focusing on ourselves ow.ly/mVEnk@Qideas http://ow.ly/mVET7 “Do I Love the #Bible? It’s Complicated” @EllenPDollar... Read more
" I had treated the decision to accept prenatal genetic testing as an inconsequential matter that required minimal discomfort and no risk to my health. But I now realized that my initial decision could lead to a series of life-changing ethical, emotional, and spiritual choices that I wasn't prepared to make." Read more
A priest gives a woman who planned to abort her fetus with Down syndrome the option of adoption. Jezebel accuses him of coercion. But maybe this type of action is one way out of the politicized and polarized abortion wars. Read more
Trayvon Martin and Ethan Saylor are both young men who died a tragic death. Why don't we know more about what happened with Saylor? Read more
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