I am embarrassed to admit that I did not realize today was World Down Syndrome Day until I noticed the brightly coloured, mismatched socks my wife was wearing this morning. The Down Syndrome community is close to my heart, as it was a dear friend, a woman with Down Syndrome, who first suggested to me the name that my wife and I would ultimately give to our daughter. So I was deeply heartened to discover that our local high school was marking World Down Syndrome Day.
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In the Shadow of the Inauguration
I came across this excerpt from the writings of Malcolm Muggeridge on Thursday. It seemed particularly timely in light of the attention given by the media over the past few days to the events in the United States surrounding the Presidential Inauguration. Muggeridge writes: Continue reading In the Shadow of the Inauguration
“Can These Bones Live?”: The Question Before the Church
I hope to return in the very near future to posting audio from my book launch celebration, as well as to pick up where I left off in my series on Lesslie Newbigin’s “marks of the missional church.” In the meantime, here is a penetrating assessment of the challenge placed before the contemporary church in North America by the “Catholic Baptist” theologian Barry Harvey: Continue reading “Can These Bones Live?”: The Question Before the Church