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The disabled don’t need your pity. But they do need their parking spaces.

My question: Who was running the country when Joe Biden wasn’t?

Sixteen years ago today—”Black Tuesday,” May 19, 2009—I received the shocking news that I was losing my position at Christianity Today, which I considered the pinnacle of Christian journalism. With Christine working at home raising our three children, I suddenly felt that I was floating in the air, with no solid ground on which to put my feet.

But we trusted the Lord as best we knew how, and He provided, first for Christine, who quickly headed back into the paid workforce with her usual cheerful determination, and then for me, as I began the challenging adventure of freelancing from home, learning new skills, and encountering fresh opportunities to grow. Too many people to name encouraged us along the way.

Yes, God provided materially, more than we ever expected. But more than that, he has provided spiritually, answering prayers in unexpected ways, helping us endure other disappointments, and growing in our love and appreciation for each other.

No, we don’t exactly know what the future holds, but as others have said, we know who holds the future. We see what He did in the past.

Science is real. So is God.

Lay down your burden. It wasn’t meant for you.

“Don’t be afraid; only believe.”

“A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.”

— Saint Augustine

My latest on the NCC Blog: “Spectacle: A Look Back at Good Friday”

“Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled taught, the lazy aroused, the contentious restrained, the haughty repressed, litigants pacified, the poor relieved, the oppressed liberated, the good approved, the evil borne with, and all are to be loved.”

— Augustine

The only person who should never be criticized is Jesus Christ.