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.
A Prophetic Presence
What if I told you that the Christian church has been silencing a prophetic presence in our midst?
“The Strange World of COVID-19”
Having journaled for years, recently I went to a digital platform for my journal, so I’ve begun to transcribe my old, hand-written journals into the new platform. It’s a painstakingly slow project, and the strange world of COVID-19 has prompted its resumption.
Reflections on cemeteries, water, and how I am like a willow tree
Then it finally dawned on me. The tree is a metaphor for life. It is weighed down by its branches but yet keeps growing taller and taller towards the sky.
Pack Light
Jesus instructed his disciples to “pack light” for their mission (Matthew 10:9-10). When it comes to the mission of supporting people who experience disabilities, there are a few transferable principles from this passage of scripture that we can apply.