Originally posted on Mill Pond Porch:
We’ve been taking on a couple of prevalent ideas about disability: first, that it’s a problem that involves certain individuals’ brains and/or bodies and secondly, that “we’re all disabled” in one form or another. Yes, everyone is different. And no one is able to be or do everything they…
Category: disability
Overcoming Suffering
“How do WE overcome anything?” We fight it, kill it, avoid it, escape it, buy it off, trick it, destroy it, zap it…
People matter. Words matter. Words about people especially matter.
Who has the right to say who I am? Do other people have the right to tell me who I am, or should I tell who I am to others?
Getting everybody to the table so we all can eat. Jesus’ story of the Banquet
There is a HUGE difference between putting up a sign reading “Everyone welcome” and actually extending “compelling welcome” to individuals with disabilities.
Leaders with disabilities? Removing obstacles, opening doors
The dissonance raised by the nonacceptance of persons with disabilities and the acceptance of grace through Christ’s broken body necessitates that the church find new ways of interpreting disability. – Nancy Eiesland
Disability and the Church – Time to get serious
If we’re not fostering the spiritual growth and ministry effectiveness of people with disabilities, we are actually disabling the body of Christ.
Do these clothes make my soul look nasty? – Questions Jesus Asked 16
What are you worried that people might see if you don’t cover up well? And why?
Becoming a Friend of Time – Part 3
Time is not an empty block waiting for us to fill it. Each moment, when seen as God sees it, is filled with meaning, new possibilities, hope for the future.
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