At 9:30 in the morning, the small swish of paper brushing across my bedroom’s wooden floor woke me. My husband Matt was at the Ravens game with some friends. There had been an early curtain call for the pre-game frivolity, so he’d been gone for some time. The night before had been a late one, and I’d overslept. Meaning, I was already frustrated. Unless there’s a nuclear winter and all the alarm … [Read more...]
Confounding the Wise: Alix Generous’ Beautiful Mind
Read below for a guest post from Ron Sandison. "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." - 1 Corinthians 1:27 "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." - Habakkuk 2:14 The childhood of Alix Generous was clouded by misdiagnoses and dark depression. … [Read more...]
Invisible Diagnoses and the God Who Sees
Most times, when faced with a writing project, I’ll fold up the laptop’s screen and breathe in, ready to unpeel a new word and lay it flat. Most times, I am excited, knowing that we’ll discover things together, you and me. Other times, I will share with you something that slashes me sideways and leaves my mother’s heart bleeding. That is when the writing hurts. Today, every keystroke burns a … [Read more...]
Gratitude: God’s Secret Pathway to Protection
Here we go again, you might say, another lesson on gratitude. Strangely, though, despite that many times I've studied the topic, there's something I've been missing: There's a powerful connection between gratitude and powerful living. See, I've been listening to my conversations lately, and the words I hear myself speaking are not pleasant. Complaints. Impatience. Annoyance. Worldly … [Read more...]
How My Autism Is Restoring My Faith in Humanity
Read below for a guest post from Lamar Hardwick. Growing up there were two great influences that shaped my life. The first was that my father was in the army, which meant we moved around quite a bit. Anyone who was raised in a military family knows about this experience. The second is that my father was also a pastor. Both of these things shaped my life in profound ways because at a very … [Read more...]
Inclusion, Is It Meaningful?
When Charlie my son, who is diagnosed with autism, was newly diagnosed I searched the Internet, books, anything I could get my hands on to learn what this “autism” was. I wanted to tackle this head on. I realized early on it didn’t matter about the label, it mattered more what my son’s struggles were and how I was going to help him. So first, I learned more about my son’s things that he was doing … [Read more...]