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Keith Dow shares the powerful story of Ian and Larissa Murphy, exploring love and faith in the face of traumatic brain injury. He highlights how disability shapes belonging and reliance within relationships. The audiobook of their story is available for free this July.
Just over a year ago we featured Eight Twenty Eight, a story of faith, love, and disability. It has since been published, and for the month of July the audiobook can be downloaded for free over at Christian Audio: christianaudio.com/free/. The site does not require creating an account, but you will be added to their newsletter if you download the audiobook.
The original post from June 2014 is below.
Challenges of Disability in Faith
Disability can create complexities in belonging to a faith community and impact personal relationships as well: family, friendship, and romance. The video below is an update to the story of Ian and Larissa Murphy that also recaps their story of love and the experience of a traumatic brain injury.
The Book Telling Their Story
They have written a book on their story, Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn’t Give Up which can be ordered on Amazon. The discription of the book is as follows:
What if that
thing you really feared happened? Would the joy you hold pop? Or would you experience love and joy deeper than you can imagine? They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he started looking for a ring. They dreamed about life together, a life of beauty and joy, raising babies and laughing with friends and growing old. They did not imagine a car accident. They did not imagine his brain injury. They did not dream about the need for constant care and a wheelchair and fear that food might choke him. And they could not have imagined how persistent love would be. Theirs and God’s.
Watch the Original Film
The original short film on their marriage can be viewed here.
What are your thoughts on this video and the impact of disability on intimate relationships?
About the Author:
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.
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Keith Dow shares the powerful story of Ian and Larissa Murphy, exploring love and faith in the face of traumatic brain injury. He highlights how disability shapes belonging and reliance within relationships. The audiobook of their story is available for free this July.
Just over a year ago we featured Eight Twenty Eight, a story of faith, love, and disability. It has since been published, and for the month of July the audiobook can be downloaded for free over at Christian Audio: christianaudio.com/free/. The site does not require creating an account, but you will be added to their newsletter if you download the audiobook.
The original post from June 2014 is below.
Challenges of Disability in Faith
Disability can create complexities in belonging to a faith community and impact personal relationships as well: family, friendship, and romance. The video below is an update to the story of Ian and Larissa Murphy that also recaps their story of love and the experience of a traumatic brain injury.
The Book Telling Their Story
They have written a book on their story, Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn’t Give Up which can be ordered on Amazon. The discription of the book is as follows:
What if that
thing you really feared happened? Would the joy you hold pop? Or would you experience love and joy deeper than you can imagine? They met in college and fell in love. They talked about getting married, and he started looking for a ring. They dreamed about life together, a life of beauty and joy, raising babies and laughing with friends and growing old. They did not imagine a car accident. They did not imagine his brain injury. They did not dream about the need for constant care and a wheelchair and fear that food might choke him. And they could not have imagined how persistent love would be. Theirs and God’s.
Watch the Original Film
The original short film on their marriage can be viewed here.
What are your thoughts on this video and the impact of disability on intimate relationships?
