How are you REALLY doing?
Imagine what it could be like if pat answers, out-of-context bible verses and Christian clichés were ruled off-limits at church. What if saying you’re ok when you’re not ok wasn’t ok in the church?
What Does Jesus Want of Me?
I am limited in my humanity to understand why it took me 37 years to find my husband, and why it took me 9 years to learn teaching was not for me, but I also know that in those times of waiting the Lord was doing important work.
God is So Good – Divine Plans for a Hopeful Future
Even as a young child, I knew I could call on Jesus in my distress and I knew without a doubt that he was there.
Pray without ceasing
Jesus loves me more than anyone else could. Jesus accepts me as I am. and he is always making me better.
Don’t Cry – Jesus at the margins (Luke 7)
... people with disabilities are often marginalized as well. Long before Christian Horizons articulated our vision that ‘people who experience disabilities belong to communities in which their God-given gifts are valued and respected’, Jesus helped others see our crucial need to belong. He makes it possible for people to belong.
Accessibility During COVID-19
Including people with disabilities can be an opportunity for creative disruption in the church and other places in society.
On Grace. And Accessibility.
Well I finally did it. After three years of using this thing, I capsized my wheelchair; with me in it.
My Life in Lockdown
"I was born with cerebral palsy which makes it challenging for me to speak or use my arms and legs. ... It is difficult for me to express my thoughts and ideas to people who do not know me very well because many do not understand the way I talk or type. This takes patience and practice."
Power in weakness
One of my fears is that we are losing the ability as a society to help someone who experiences a disability or is suffering in some way, because we are afraid of doing or saying the wrong thing.
Luke 17 – The Grateful Samaritan
In today’s world, people with disabilities are largely ‘othered’, and there’s movement of self-advocacy afoot among them. There’s no telling what can happen when people unite across differences.