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 Over the past several weeks, we have been highlighting writings by adults with Down Syndrome and the book Writing Our Lives by those same adults, edited by Mary Ann Jansen. This week we have a collection of poems and an essay from the book.  To purchase your own copy of Writing Our Lives click here.…

Yesterday, I posted a question from a reader about whether my religious faith provides me with continuous inspiration. Here’s my response:   My favorite preacher, Tim Keller, has often said that there is a big difference between inspiration and transformation. Inspiration is momentary and fleeting–exactly what you describe in reading a line from a poem…

A friend of mine (and reader of this blog) recently wrote an email in which she asked,   “Does Christianity/Christian practice/ the Bible work for you as any sort of inspiration to keep your mind on higher things, let’s call them?   I’ve long wanted to keep my focus, as best as I can, off…

Over the course of the fall, I ran a series of posts called “Questions for Jesus.” Recently, I worked with the editors at beliefnet to turn those posts into a “gallery”–a slide show of sorts with various questions that people ask Jesus throughout the gospels and Jesus’ response to them. You can check it out…
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