Keith Dow

Keith Dow lives near Ottawa, serving as Manager of Organizational and Spiritual Life with Karis Disability Services. He holds his PhD in caregiving ethics from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of Formed Together: Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving (Baylor, 2021). Keith Dow is a credentialed Pastor with BIC Canada for his role with Karis Disability Services, where he supports the spiritual health of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and equips churches to be more accessible and hospitable.

  • Published On: November 17, 2014By

    Creating a Culture of Inclusion for Churches (Video)

    Creating a Culture of Inclusion for People with Disabilities is a series of 8 vignettes of real life situations in the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham, MI that is meant to be a study resource for faith communities.

  • Published On: November 3, 2014By

    Congregation Practice Guide – Including People with Disabilities

    This year, seven years after the initial book release, a quick-reference guide for congregational use has been released for Erik Carter's best-selling book "Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities."

  • Published On: October 20, 2014By

    Friendship Festival Oakville (November 1, 2014)

    Friendship Festivals have been running for a number of years, as a great day of music, singing, laughter and games with people impacted by developmental disabilities and their families. The featured musician this [Read More]

  • Published On: October 6, 2014By

    Faith Inclusion Networks

    While the majority of resources posted on this site are from a Christian faith-based perspective, we recognize that the challenges to full welcome and inclusion faced by churches are also shared [Read More]

  • Published On: September 21, 2014By

    2014 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability

    The 2014 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, sponsored by the Bethesda Institute, ran from June 16th-20th at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. The days were full, with [Read More]

  • Published On: September 15, 2014By

    Paul Smith’s Typewriter Art

    Lately a video (produced back in 2004) has been making the rounds on social media highlighting the artistic ability of Paul Smith from Philadelphia, PA. He had severe spastic cerebral palsy yet [Read More]