Thin Places-Faith, Family and Disability
My favorite passages from George Estreich's The Shape of the Eye, on family, Down syndrome, and how we tell our stories. Read more
My favorite passages from George Estreich's The Shape of the Eye, on family, Down syndrome, and how we tell our stories. Read more
An interview with Jonathan Merritt's blog on Faith and Culture at Religion News Service. Read more
Even though I have a daughter with Down syndrome, for a long time I didn't know what to say when we encountered other people with physical or intellectual disabilities. My post for PBS Parents on how I've learned to talk (and think) about disability. Read more
Part two of Theresa Shea's interview about her new novel, The Unfinished Child. She talks about the parallels between parents of children with Down syndrome and typically-developing kids, the relationship between choice and selfishness, and why fictional accounts of prenatal testing experiences matter. Read more
Novelist Theresa Shea discusses her book The Unfinished Child, a story about two families struggling to imagine life with a child with Down syndrome (plus a chance to read a free copy...) Read more
My world of concern has grown smaller as my children have grown. And I think that might just be okay. Read more
What image does the media offer when describing individuals with Down syndrome? Read more
What would it take for a little boy with Down syndrome in a Russian orphanage to come home to his American adoptive family? Read more
How do you make sense of both pain and beauty? Read more
"I still sometimes wish I had an orderly prayer life, but I'm also grateful for the disruptions my children have offered. Because it is in those disruptions that they continue to teach me how to pray." Read more
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