We believe we must oppose marginalization by embracing marginality.
Category: Marginality
Designing “to the norm” doesn’t feel like design at all. Universal Design and the Church: 2
This is where “ableism” originates: “we” establish “ourselves” as “normal” – and having done so, what works (for “us”) works. Period. “Others” are not in view, because they are, by definition, “exceptions.”
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?
The Risk of Following Jesus into the World: Mission and Marginality
We call ourselves the “body of Christ.” But he used his body to touch lepers who should have made him unclean, be touched by prostituted women, knowing the scandal it provoked…
From the Dnepr’s Banks, to Wreck Island Creek. Dreams for the land live on.
While friendships and burdens remain, dreams do sometimes die. Yet they’re sometimes reborn. Entire chapters of life seem to end in a sudden aposiopesis… only to be reconfigured in a new place with new characters.
What’s Love Got to Do with It? | Thinking about Justice, Part 4
Honoring the dignity of your neighbor expresses love for him. Rightly esteeming the worth of your neighbor is justice.
Living without disability | “I see a church with no disabled people – 6”
When we cease to participate in the marginalizing nature of this world of ours, “disability” melts away and there is only “difference.” And in THIS body, difference is valued, because we all – every blessed one of us – have meaning, purpose, significance, value.
Disability as contextual | ‘I see a church with no disabled people’ – 5
How we attach the label “disabled” is influenced by context. Changing the context can change reality.
Mill Pond Porch 