Thin Places-Faith, Family and Disability
One mother's description of discovering who her daughter really is... Read more
One mother's description of discovering who her daughter really is... Read more
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” to describe yourself also, and if so, what do you mean by that term? I would call myself an evangelical both because it is the... Read more
One pro-life mother reflects on why she wishes she had known prenatally that her daughter had Down syndrome. Read more
The prospect of disability often cuts off the possibilities of imagining a good life, not necessarily because a good life is impossible, but because a good life with a disability is unknown. Two stories that help us imagine a good life with Down syndrome... Read more
"every woman or couple, no matter their risk level, will face decisions about prenatal testing throughout the course of a pregnancy. " Read more
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"Statistics also suggest that at least 50% of all fetuses with Down syndrome in the US are aborted. That rate becomes higher among women who have a prenatal diagnosis of DS (probably 70%) and higher still when talking about other Western nations (90%). So, while being born a girl in Asia is not exactly the same as being born with Down syndrome here, I wanted to suggest some parallels." Read more
What people are saying about my new ebook about prenatal testing, and why you should read it too. Read more
Three fun things to announce: I am delighted to announce the publication of my long-awaited (at least by me, since my original deadline for this thing was last June!) ebook about prenatal testing. This book is designed not as a medical guide to options or as counsel for women who have received a prenatal diagnosis but rather as a “kitchen table conversation” for all pregnant women who need to navigate this brave new world of choosing which prenatal tests to pursue... Read more
Buechner writes, "...the war I fought was to convince as many as I could that religious faith, even if they chose to have none of it, was not as bankrupt and banal and easily disposable as most of them believed." Read more
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