Lindsay's Gift

When God was revealed at the burning bush and Moses asked who he should tell the world he had encountered, God replied "I AM WHO I AM." That is the most accurate way to describe not only God but any one of us who has been created in the image of God. We simply are, existing in God's creation in the same way God quite simply exists. Lindsay McIntire is one who knows what it is to be in a world which would much prefer that you produce, that we would do rather than be. Lindsay's...
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When God was revealed at the burning bush and Moses asked who he should tell the world he had encountered, God replied "I AM WHO I AM." That is the most accurate way to describe not only God but any one of us who has been created in the image of God. We simply are, existing in God's creation in the same way God quite simply exists. Lindsay McIntire is one who knows what it is to be in a world which would much prefer that you produce, that we would do rather than be. Lindsay's presence-her be-ing-is her gift.Lindsay's Gift: Faith Learnings from a Girl with No Words is a collection of stories, memories and reflections of the author's life with his daughter, Lindsay, who has lived with congenital physical, intellectual, and cognitive disabilities for more than 30 years. Lindsay's gift has been to be a silent witness to congregations and individuals encouraging them to reconsider what inclusion means, particularly when it involves disabilities, and how faith is not always as we might want to package it. Lindsay was born while her father was attending Princeton Theological Seminary so the stories start there -- before her arrival -- and continue on through the expected and unexpected moments and turns of her life and influence to her 31st birthday during the fragility of a Holy Week hospitalization when she once again brought anxiety to all who know her and her story.