For those of us who have been given the gift of more than one child, and one of those children has a disability, we know it is hard for friends and family to know how to talk to us about our children. After all, we’re a moving target: are we having a season of good, [...]
Archive for August, 2009
The Helpful Things People Do or Say – Treat All My Kids the Same Differently
Posted in Helpful things, tagged 1 thessalonians 5, grandparents, parents on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why It is Good That Disease and Disability Make Us Dependent on Others
Posted in Helpful things, tagged dependent, psalm 40 on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is actually part two of the helpful things people say or do series. As my family started our weekend celebration of mom’s and dad’s 60th wedding anniversary last night, I realized that all the women in that room have lived with me for periods of time over the past five years. During my wife’s [...]
The Helpful Things People Say or Do
Posted in Helpful things on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A while back we had a series on some of the difficult things that people say to us, and how we respond. Dianne has reminded me it is time to turn to some helpful things people have said or done. After 14 years of living with Paul and almost five years with Dianne’s cancer, I [...]
Test Results vs. the Bible: Round 6
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, I’m not sure what round we’re on. There have been several. Yesterday we received Paul’s test scores in the mail from last spring’s Minnesota Test of Academic Skills. The Saint Paul schools always send these scores about this time of year. His score: zero. And that was on the alternate achievement standards test [...]
Why It Is Good to Know the Bible Is About God and Not People
Posted in Scripture, Sermons on August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pastor John was given an incredibly helpful word from God this past weekend as he walked us through John 5:1-18, the account of Jesus going to Bethesda to heal a man who had lived with his disability for 38 years. It is primarily helpful because Pastor John rightfully makes the central point about Jesus, and about his [...]
Why I Reference the Bible So Much and Thank You to Friends at Grace Church
Posted in Scripture on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My light reading for vacation this year was Graduate Theological Education and the Human Experience of Disability. I’m not kidding – it really was light. I’ll be blogging about that later. By contrast, I just read a post on Sue Hume’s Hope for Special Moms blog where she has a guest blogger, Lisa Jamieson, who quotes the Bible and [...]
Jesus Also Loves 2 Kings 5
Posted in Scripture, tagged 2 kings 5, naaman on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2 Kings 5 would stand on its own as an encouragment to suffering people, but Jesus makes it even more magnificent: And [Jesus] said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were [...]
2 Kings 5 is for Parents of Kids with Disabilities – Part 11
Posted in Scripture, tagged 2 kings 5, naaman on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As 2 Kings 5 closes, Gehazi lies and cheats Naaman and then lies to Elisha. Elisha reveals that he knew all that Gehazi had done, and judgment is rendered: “Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So (Gehazi) went out from his presence a leper, like snow. 2 [...]
2 Kings 5 is for Parents of Kids with Disabilities – Part 10
Posted in Scripture, tagged 2 kings 5, naaman on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I thought I might finish 2 Kings 5 today, but it will take two posts to wrap up. This is a longer passage, so I’ll bullet my observations here and you can read the whole thing below: Elisha’s servant, Gehazi, watches in amazement as Naaman heads for home without Elisha accepting something from Naaman. He [...]
2 Kings 5 is for Parents of Kids with Disabilities – Part 9
Posted in Scripture, tagged 2 kings 5, naaman on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This passage from 2 Kings 5 ends with a great word for those of us dealing with disability. It is both unexpected and very helpful in our situations, because many people I know have behaved kindly toward me when I did not deserve it. Naaman is a great account to teach to young Christians (young [...]
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