Motherhood Disability and Chronic Illness – God I've got questions!
I have been absent from the blog and last night my beautiful husband encouraged me to tell the bigger story so others can relate, possibly learn from my experience and not feel so alone in theirs. For me, searching for biblical answers to hard questions is what is holding me together. This is what is… Continue reading Disability, Chronic Illness and the Bible – My Jenga® Puzzle
Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com I was created to be in relationship, with God, my family and community -in relationship with you. It delights God’s heart that we search and thrive on having a loving relationship with him through Jesus. I have to admit this week’s blog has been especially hard to write. With… Continue reading Image of God and Disability – Created in His image; in Yahweh my child with a disability is created!
The Monk by the Sea, 1808-1810 by Caspar David Friedrich. The meager diminutive figure of the monk gazing out into the vastness and infinite power of creation seeking the presence of God. Inviting us to see themselves also meager and diminutive in the Glory of God. My favorite painting, The Monk by the Sea by… Continue reading Image of God and Disability – What about the imago trinitas? Father, Son and Holy Spirit?
Imago dei or the Image of God is something so comfortable to think about from Sunday school days or trips to see the great European works of art through the centuries. With a degree in Art History looking at the history of God’s visual image through art is enjoyable, if not misleading. The Creation of… Continue reading Image of God and Disability – What is your imago dei?
Last week I shared a little about my funny warped view growing up and my unconscious-biases mis-used in my growing disability perspective. In addition to my life as a proud Army brat, the last 21 years have been filled with the experience of Autism. This is one of the reasons I have a passion to… Continue reading Image of God And Disability – Refrigerator Mom Really?
Aren’t you so taken with the gift of being made in the image of God? I am. But what does that mean? If you are a believer then that is a fact … wow, mind blown. If you are a seeker, or still just curious about God, don’t worry I only ask you to “shop”… Continue reading Image of God and Disability – God let’s talk?
Anyone one out there, a mom or grandma who wants to join me on my journey to ask the hard questions to God? I mean the questions that provoke the raw emotions of confusion and disbelief, tears and anguish, pulsating joy and unconditional love. The questions that start with why God, why? Where are you… Continue reading Week one – Why God, Why? What does God have to say about Disability in the Bible?
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