MEET JOAN BORTON
Journeying through Marriage, Disability and Faith
Joan has a truly authentic faith that is not afraid to look honestly at some of the murkier parts of life. She approaches life’s difficulties with humor, wit, and unshakeable trust in God. Her writing is a true reflection of who she is.
On grace and mercy with a little bit of justice and humility!
My mind has been tossing around the age old question of which came first - not in regards to the chicken or the egg; but rather in terms of grace and mercy and how they interface.Grace is something I hear and talk about often. In fact, in our home two statements...
Reflections on Disability and Vegas Part 2
Note: If you have not yet read part 1 of this post, you can read it here.In my last post I shared a couple of my ponderings about the Global Access Conference we attended last week. There is so much more that I could say about that, but maybe another day. For now I...
Reflections on Disability and Vegas Part 1
Last week, Jerry and I and two of our staff (Candy and Nancy) were joined by three of our volunteers as we traveled to southern CA for Global Access 2015. Global Access was a gathering of 1000 people from nearly 50 different nations who have a passion for disability...
What Difference Does an R Make?
NOTE: This is something I wrote back in 2010; but I still think about the lesson almost every time we get snow. The photos are also from 2010. For those of you reading who do not live nearby; the snow of the last two days amounted to less than a couple inches in our...
Happy Birthday Dad!
Today, January 25th, my dad (Bill Morris) would have been 87. If birthdays are celebrated in Heaven he will be celebrating for the 13th year there. Last week while traveling I saw this sign. Oh how I wish I could just get in the right lane of the highway and go...
Me??? A Creative Side?
When a need arises to draw something or make something that is slightly creative, I usually am the last to volunteer; or more correctly - I don't even volunteer. My first response is typically, "I can't even draw a straight line."Recently I've realized that while I...
As the Years Turn. . . Part 2
If you have been with me for a while, you know by now that one of my favorite phrases and things to do is to "ponder," to weigh in the mind, to think about, to reflect upon . . . Imagine my surprise then as I was having some personal time of worship with God today...
As the Years Turn . . . Part 1
As we walk into the week that rolls one year into the next a few thoughts from 2014 that fill my heart with gratitude.Home . . . Over the last year as we made changes at home from sharing it with Mom to just the two of us we've been able to make many changes that...
Joy (Unspeakable Joy) to the World!
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!That is by far my favorite Christmas carol; though I know some musicians say this was not written as a Christmas song, but rather about the second coming of Christ. What joy it brought my heart to sing this song at church today....