Art
Experiencing the Feminine Characteristics of God
I would like to tell you about a 36” round painting that I call “Experiencing the Feminine Characteristics of God.” Once she was carried into a seminary chapel by liturgical...
Learning From Judson
Learning From One Another: Lew and Judson
I’ll never forget the first day I knew Judson was going to be alright. Lew was sitting in his first child-sized wheelchair in the family room of our Campbellsville, Kentucky...
Learning From Judson
The Given Companion
The Given Companion “How do you expect to get to the end of your own journey if you take the road to another man’s city?” Thomas Merton said. I imagine...
Learning From Lew
Art and Healing: A Personal Reflection
After Lew died in 1998, I did a series of pen and ink drawings as my self-prescribed art therapy. In 1999 I met Chris Hammond, editor of the Wayne E....
Learning From Lew
How we made a difficult decision; how it worked out
During the years Lew lived at home with us, a g-tube was suggested several times but there was no medical reason so we declined. Lew could eat orally. It took...
Learning From Lew
Homage to Sheila
Sheila was an aide at the Home of the Innocents. She was working that first day when we took Lew from the respite care home to HOTI. That day was...
Learning From Lew
An Open Letter to my friends from your friend whose child has disabilities
Dear Friends: My heart is full of things I want to say to you, my friends, but I have had a difficult time talking to you about them. I have...
Learning From Lew
His Gifts
I have a first-born son Who is severely disabled But he brings great gifts to me. He brings to my life Sweetness. He looks at me. He fully accepts me...
Learning From Lew
Where was God when Lew was declining and dying?
In the Fall of 1997 I found this quote in the book Encountering Evil: live options in theodicy edited by Stephen T. Davis. This is a book I never would...