Posted in Uncategorized on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Justin Taylor recently wrote in his blog on the book of Joshua, answering the question about how God could have commanded the destruction of the Canaanites.
Justin covered several themes that are also vitally important to understanding God’s authority and intentionality with regards to creating some people with disabilities:
As the maker of all things and the [...]
Posted in commentary on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I began working at Desiring God, I have participated in five conferences. For the most part, my responsibilities are defined by working at a booth and talking to people about Desiring God.
Every conference I have met someone dealing with significant hardships, either personally or in their families: disability, disease, drug or alcohol abuse, death, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Noel’s comment on Saturday’s post regarding the DG National Conference is correct! When I wrote that post on Friday, I should have remembered what event I was writing about.
The very first event I attended, the Philippian Fellowship Annual Meeting, began with Pastor John talking about how frequently (and importantly) suffering comes up in his books.
And [...]
Posted in Scripture on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite young adults in the world, who also happens to have a disability, has this as her life verse:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
It is helpful when young people who [...]
Posted in Prayer Requests on September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Don’t pray because it is about disability or suffering – it isn’t. It is on Calvin and you can follow it here.
Pray because people who get saturated in God-honoring, Christ-exalting, prayfully-dependent teaching and preaching that, Lord willing, is happening at the conference deal with the issue of disability and suffering in much more helpful ways.
And [...]
Posted in Helpful things, tagged organizers on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m speaking of the human kind, not the paper or digital variety.
Yesterday I posted a letter that Pastor John sent to Dianne and me just after Paul was born, where he sent a specific word of hope to us and also a call to the church to embrace this little boy as a gift.
On Tuesday [...]
Posted in Helpful things, tagged taste and see on September 24, 2009 | 26 Comments »
It can be easy to think of Pastor John as DR. JOHN PIPER. But his heart is tuned primarily to being the pastor of a local church with real people who have real needs.
On July 4, 1995, our son arrived and we knew he would be blind as he had no eyes. On July 5, [...]
Posted in Helpful things, tagged gift cards, restaurant on September 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Dianne was in active treatment for her cancer (chemo, surgery, radiation), we had an army of people providing things for us. God was doing an extraordinary thing for us, and we knew it and were (and still are!) very grateful that he provided so abundantly!
The most common thing was meals – and what meals [...]
Posted in commentary on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More than 13 years ago I wrote an email to Pastor John in which I said I thought it would have been better if Jesus hadn’t healed the man born blind in John 9. His response was used by the Holy Spirit to point me to Jesus, and I am very grateful to this day [...]
Fight Temptation to Compare
Posted in commentary, tagged motherlode, new york times on September 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve gotten in the habit of reading Motherlode, a New York Times Magazine blog that frequently features stories about parenting children with disabilities. This week they included a piece written by a mother who’s daughter has been diagnosed with a hearing impairment. You can read that post here.
I would like to say that I read [...]
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