The first Sunday of Advent also renews the traditional Bethlehem practice of having children light the advent candle. It is a tradition I love as fourth-grade boys and girls very seriously carry out this duty. It is good for children to be given serious duties. Three years ago the Family Discipleship Department invited a multiply-disabled [...]
Archive for November, 2009
May Advent Be Joyfully Serious!
Posted in commentary on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Don’t Waste Your Disease or Disability
Posted in Book Commentary on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Within weeks of each other in 2006, John Piper and David Powlison were diagnosed with prostate cancer. Pastor John wrote a helpful article, “Don’t Waste Your Cancer,” that outlines 10 ways people can waste their cancer. David Powlison added his thoughts to each of the ten shortly thereafter. Here is an excerpt: 9. You will [...]
Thanks Be to God Who Gives Us Victory!
Posted in Scripture on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Disability is not the end of the story. Our labors are not in vain. We achieve victory – through Jesus Christ! From 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. [...]
R.C. Ryle on True Happiness
Posted in commentary on November 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Taken from Happiness, by R.C. Ryle (1816-1900): The true Christian is the only happy man, because he can “sit down quietly and think about his soul. . .” He can think calmly about things to come, and yet not be afraid. Sickness is painful; death is solemn; the judgment day is an awful thing: but [...]
It’s Official: Autism Takes Time
Posted in News on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Motherlode, a blog on parenting in the New York Times Magazine, reported on a study from The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders that studied mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder. Some of the findings: The levels of chronic stress experienced by the mothers were similar to those of combat soldiers. The greater the [...]
Endure to the End
Posted in Book Commentary on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were weak, fallible, proud and full of sin even before disability entered our family. How can anyone hope to endure for a day, let alone ‘to the end’? We trust in the New Covenant promises of sustaining, enabling grace that were obtained for us infallibly and irrevocably by Jesus Christ in his death and [...]
Why should we teach children about their sin and God’s sovereignty?
Posted in News on November 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Because some children will meet Jesus before they become adults. My daughter met the young girl in this video last year. That girl knew and loved Jesus. She died two weeks ago.
52 Percent of Americans Would Rather be Dead Than Disabled
Posted in News on November 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
That headline is inflammatory (and a direct quote from the press release I was reading) because the survey question pointed to very severe disabilities rather than all disabilities: Which would you choose: Living with a severe disability that forever alters your ability to live an independent life, or death? An interesting question, but it is [...]
Pastor John Visits Prisoners at Angola Prison
Posted in commentary on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While he was at the prison, David Mathis shared this via Twitter from @pipertravel: Piper to inmates: Your being in prison is the very way Jesus is loving you—& the curse on many outside is freedom & wealth Or, in our context, your having a disability or cancer or leukemia or dementia or chronic pain [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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Pro-choice Democrat Worries About ‘Single Message’
Posted in commentary on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Trig Palin has been in the news a lot lately because of his famous mother’s book tour. That little boy has generated quite a bit of response in his young life. Lon Jacobs is general counsel for News Corporation and a father of a child with intellectual disabilities. He describes himself as a pro-choice Democrat [...]
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