This past week my adult son, Julian, made a decision that I didn’t like. I wanted badly to tell him…
Joe MacDonald
Rev. Dr. Joe K. MacDonald is a pastor in the New Mexico Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He and his wife, Cazandra, live in Belen, New Mexico, along with their youngest son, Caeleb, and two fur babies, Laggie and Hildie. Both of Joe’s sons (the oldest is Julian) have severe hemophilia A, factor VIII deficiency. Julian was diagnosed in 1996 and Caeleb in 2006. Joe serves on the Board of the Sangre de Oro Chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation. Joe’s goal is to help his sons and others in the community use their voices to help improve the quality of life for those with bleeding disorders.
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Articles by Joe MacDonald
I often tell people to check my refrigerator if they want to track the development of hemophilia care in my…
My older son, Julian, and I share many interests. We are both musicians and sing the same voice part,…
In April 2018, I began writing this column. Over the four years that I’ve shared stories from my heart, I…
My sons reacted to hemophilia treatment in entirely different ways. My oldest son, Julian, had one port-a-cath, while my…
Next month, April 21–23, the MacDonald family heads to San Antonio to attend the Hemophilia Federation of America’s 2022…
Last week, I took Caeleb, my youngest son, to the University of New Mexico Health’s urgent care center, which is…
This week marks a change of seasons in the life of the church. With Ash Wednesday, Christians worldwide enter…
I will never forget the years when my youngest son lived in the hospital more than he did at home.
I knew that I wanted to teach theology at the university level. I prepared a great résumé and felt academically…