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This post is part of a nine-part year-end giving series on organizations we love. We're Scott and Elizabeth Drury, and we've put together a list of seven organizations we love and directly support financially that are doing important work around the world. If their efforts resonate with you, we'd be delighted if you'd consider giving …
After a challenging year in 2024, Scott and I didn't have big bags of money to give away, but we were excited about the season of giving and had hoped to share about some of the organizations we love. This year, we have the courage to share more openly. We'll try to keep it real …
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We may have different pressure points, but I'm guessing we've all experienced it. People ask us questions that make us feel exposed. Ever been there? I have the classic packaging of albinism--a striking lack of pigment in hair, skin, and eyes--so I've had a lifetime of opportunity to figure out how to respond to the …
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I'm a question magnet. When I was five and had an unfortunate pixie haircut, it was, "Are you a little boy or a little girl?" In elementary school, when I squinted in the sunshine before close-fitting sunglasses were a thing, it was, "Why can't you open your eyes outside?" As I scooted closer to see …
In this sermon to the congregations of Crosspoint Wesleyan Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, I tell the story of how God transformed the area of greatest impossibility in my life and taught me in a surprising way about his heart for a diverse and divided world. https://youtu.be/LqGmwB8dQxs Start at 33:10
I grew up assuming that the whole point of accepting my white eyelashes and all the other aspects of the albinism package was to feel good about myself and thus to get by. Not too long ago, my perspective about the purpose of self-acceptance began to expand, helped in part by a very old story. …
This post is part of a nine-part year-end giving series on organizations we love. You all know that I (Elizabeth) and our youngest son, Jay, both have albinism, a genetic condition that affects hair, skin, and eyes by inhibiting the body's ability to produce pigment. Sixteen years before our family ever became directly involved with …
Continue reading "NOAH: National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation"
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