Recently a question was asked on Twitter about qualitative research classes. My reply was that I knew nothing about classes but that I had references and would be happy to post. Qualitative research is used in many disciplines. It is a way to gather sevveral types of data that can provide information about what one […]
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Monitoring Symptoms of Illness: Some Tips Based on Life with Chronic Illness
During the last few weeks, I have read a lot of articles about COVID-19 and have also read some posts from people who have experienced the illness. COVID-19 is not a predictable virus. Some people experience mild symptoms that resolve in a few days, and others experience a lengthy struggle with symptoms that seem to […]
Straight talk about suicide and relationships
What I will write in this post may not come across as warm and fuzzy as I want it to, and it may be disquieting. I write from my own wounded place as well as my place of accountability in relationships. If you are in a delicate place and need nurturing, please know that I […]
Opening Doors to Biblical Languages
I have been working as a braille transcriber since 2009, putting biblical language texts into braille for seminary students. When I began working, some of the languages needed for graduate study did not have braille code representation because there was no braille in biblical times. So in 2014, I began working with a group of […]
Disability and the Kingdom of God: Preliminary Thoughts
Yesterday, FaithLife published a press release announcing a partnership with the Church of God (Anderson, IN) in which FaithLife would provide software for church management, Bible study, building church web sites, etc. I would like to celebrate this partnership, especially since I am both ordained clergy and a seminary professor serving in this movement. There […]
Disability in heaven?
I read a post this morning at https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/31-may/comment/opinion/do-i-wish-to-remain-disabled-in-heaven#.XPDrp6yjJE5.twitter that is extremely thought-provoking. The post does an excellent job of summarizing the varied views of people with disabilities regarding the question of whether they want to have a disability in heaven. This is a question that people without disabilities often don’t take time to think about, […]
Thoughts at the end of the D.Min. journey
On March 25, I successfully defended my final project for my D.Min. When I began work toward this degree in the fall of 2016, I thought that I would occasionally post about what I was doing. The truth is that I had little time for posting between working on the degree, teaching several classes at […]
thinking critically about FB messenger
I have become very disturbed reading several recent articles expressing extreme concern about the Facebook messenger app and how much control it gains over mobile devices. After reading the list of concerns in these articles, one might go away thinking that Facebook staff are just hanging out in their offices picking through our emails, call […]
blood on our hands
There is no gentle way to begin this post, so I will simply say that I am alarmed as I read about the proceedings of the third execution in this country this year. Whatever a person thinks about the morality of the death penalty, it cannot be that it is humane for a person to […]
Amazon shopathon
Recently I had a conversation with a friend about the fact that Kevin and I buy a lot of our basic household cleaners and toiletries from Amazon.com. My friend said, “I thought Amazon was just for books!”‘ Indeed, it started out that way; but it would not have succeeded if it had stayed that way. […]
a unique and truly memorable wedding
A note from Sarah: Kevin and I had several meetings with the pastor in preparation for our wedding, which was scheduled on June 9. We planned initially for the ceremony ot be open to members of our church as well as a number of invited guests from the local community and out of town. We […]
nine weeks post-surgery and Loretta’s work in California
I am spending the week in California, first having a little time with friends and then at the annual conference for the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion. Being in an area that is not familiar to me is giving me and Loretta a good workout and opportunity to evaluate how we work together […]