Here is the Introduction to my newest book, When Disability Hits Home: How God Magnifies His Grace In Our Weakness and Suffering, with contributions of Joni Eareckson Tada.
The idea for this book was conceived in April 2011 at The Gospel Coalition conference in Chicago, during two conversations that could only have been providentially arranged by God. The first was with a representative from a small publisher I had admired from a distance for a long time. The second was with a total stranger who, in a matter of hours, became a dear friend.
My conversation with Rick, the publisher’s acquisitions editor, began simply as two dads talking about our families, catching up with each other since the last time we had seen each other at a conference. Since he knew that some of our children had been born with hearing impairment, Rick asked if I’d ever thought about writing on the topic of disability and parenting. I hadn’t, but I was open to thinking about it. However, when I shared with him my passion for thinking through all forms of suffering from a theological perspective, he enthusiastically introduced me to someone else. “Come with me,” he said.
Rick brought
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