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Editor’s Note: In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, all of the “Perfectly Human” posts in October will be stories of families and individuals with Down syndrome. When our son Adam was ten days old my husband picked out a Bible verse for his life: “I shall not die but live, and tell of the…

Accident: [ak-si-duhnt]  -noun 1. an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap: automobile accidents. 2. Law. such a happening resulting in injury that is in no way the fault of the injured person for which compensation or indemnity is legally sought. 3. any event…

I’m confused.  Yesterday, Dr. Robert G. Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize for his pioneering role in in-vitro fertilization. In many of the news reports I read, including an article for the New York Times, for Motherlode, and on NPR (click here and here), ethical questions were raised in relation to Dr. Edwards’ work. But…

It’s one of my favorite stories in the Bible, John 4, where Jesus asks a Samaritan woman for a drink of water. I love it because it demonstrates who Jesus is–that he’s willing, and even eager, to talk to the whole spectrum of humanity (from Nicodemus, the intellectual religious leader in John 3, to the…
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