Abortion and disability just seem to go together. Too many people assume that when disability is identified in the womb, the answer is abortion. Disability-rights advocates find that argument abhorrent. So do I. But maybe for different reasons. Disability studies as an academic pursuit is experiencing a huge expansion on colleges and universities across the [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Sometimes pro-abortion arguments are just silly, but the impact certainly is not
Posted in commentary on June 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Don’t get stuck in your own head!
Posted in commentary, Scripture on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
God sent three brilliant warning flares across my sky the past two days. The first was reading a stunningly self-centered, self-justifying and self-righteous communication on a long-resolved issue. Even the language that attempted at god-talk pointed back to the person writing it. I had not seen anything like that for a long time. The person [...]
God knows more than we do, and I am very glad!
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on June 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I met an extraordinary young man earlier this week. He came into the world on May 15. This morning (Friday) he will have surgery on his heart. His young parents are clinging to Jesus. They are the very picture of ‘sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.’ I was humbled to be in their presence at the hospital [...]
Sorrow is better than laughter. . .
Posted in Scripture on June 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad. Ecclesiastes 7:3 Really? Sadness is often a happy means of seriousness, and that affliction which is impairing to the health, estate, and family, may be improving to the mind, and make such impressions upon that as may alter its temper [...]
“We try things, and we do it badly!”
Posted in commentary on June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Lord willing, as I write this Dianne is about to go to a committee meeting at my dad’s church on their disability ministry. She and our children are visiting my parents the next couple of days. Dad’s church is in that awful early place of most discussions like this: where do we start? There is [...]
“True and abiding joy isn’t in being burden-less” – Chris Nelson
Posted in commentary, News on June 22, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I’m glad to introduce you to another dad from Bethlehem today, Chris Nelson. If you are fortunate to have a copy of Just the Way I Am, you can see Chris with his oldest boy on page 45. I could say a lot about this man who I deeply respect, but I’ll just share this [...]
The Embarrassing Goodness of Long-time Church Membership
Posted in commentary on June 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Saturday evening reminded me that I have something very precious at Bethlehem, and I want more people to have it as well. One of the many blessings is that I am not remotely tempted to stay away from church when things don’t go well because of Paul’s disabilities. I decided our family should attend the [...]
A Happy Unexpected Provision at Bethlehem!
Posted in News on June 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
God has unexpectedly provided the opportunity for every family at Bethlehem to receive a copy of Just the Way I Am: God’s Good Design in Disability this Father’s Day weekend. Family Discipleship Pastor David Michael, the over-seer of the Disability Ministry and a mentor to many men (happily including me) asked me to introduce this [...]
A son talks to his father, and we get the help
Posted in commentary, Scripture on June 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Disability manifests itself in a thousand different ways. Sometimes a child matures as he should physically, but cognitively never develops. Sometimes a child’s mind thinks clearly, but her body has significant physical differences. And some children experience both. My boy is one who will never develop either physically or cognitively. Things can be hard for [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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Cancer is about God
Posted in commentary, News on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cure Magazine is a free magazine and website for those dealing with cancer. They describe themselves as “combining science with humanity, CURE makes cancer understandable.” We’ve received it for nearly five years, and it frequently has articles that are useful and helpful. Recently, though, they explored the issue of faith and its role in the [...]
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