disabled Christianity

Discussion of issues related to Christianity/theology and persons with disability, and disability ministry hosted by Jeff McNair, a Special Education professor. Jeff and his wife Kathi have been involved in ministry with adults with intellectual disabilities for 40 years. (all entries are © Jeff McNair).

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Audacity article

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Please check out an opinion piece I wrote for Audacity magizine at the following website. http://audacitymagazine.com/audacity.php?op=articl...
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Monday, June 06, 2005

The Best and the Worst

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It is interesting, that whenever someone wants to make the harshest criticism possible, they compare the behavior of an individual, or a gro...
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Monday, May 23, 2005

Ezekiel 34 Part 2

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Lets continue to consider Ezekiel 34 for a moment. It continues on, saying, Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Ezekiel 34 Part 1

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Lets dance with a few sections of this passage, thinking about the church as the shepherds and persons with disability as the flock. I have...
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Sunday, May 15, 2005

Ezekiel 34

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A student of mine, Ms. Kimberly DeHuff shared a verse she had noticed in the book of Ezekiel. She encouraged me to read it with persons wit...
Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Not really a new way to discriminate

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Last night we had another meeting in Redlands Ca. relating to a group home for medically fragile, developmentally disabled adults. A group ...
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Sunday, April 24, 2005

A hero's perspective

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I picked up a copy of Beowulf at a used book sale. It is a story I love because of the way it portrays heroism in the face of absolute desp...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005

The log in my own eye

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PRISM ePistle [epistle@esa-online.org] is an emailed newsletter which speaks to social issues of our day, and is related to Evangelicals for...
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City Council/Group Home

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In the city in which I live, Redlands California, there was a city council meeting last night. One aspect of the meeting was a discussion o...
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Friday, April 01, 2005

We must work the works: John 9:3-5

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Nearly a year ago, I related the following in a blog entry: John 9:3-5 says, "Neither this man or his parents sinned" said Jesus, ...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005

I don't need you

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Think about what has been happening in the Schaivo case as it relates to other persons with disability whose lives might be determined unwor...
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Thursday, March 24, 2005

What to make of current events

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I must admit that the recent events regarding taking the life of a severely disabled person concern me. However, it isn't just the even...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Bottle necked pastors = layperson movement

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I was asked to be on an advisory board for a disability advocacy group. It was interesting as yesterday, I met with the director and their i...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Inclusive worship

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I have often wondered about the concept of worship; what it is, how it is done, among other things. Recently questions about who can partic...
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Monday, March 14, 2005

Patronizing Good Will

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Oftentimes when describing work with persons with disabilities, or even in introducing persons with cognitive disability to those without di...
Sunday, March 13, 2005

Make disability ministry a priority

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I am aware of a ministry to adults with developmental disabilities that has been in existence for nearly 40 years. My wife, Kathi, and I wer...
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Monday, March 07, 2005

Preparing for acceptance

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A light came on for me recently about the role of Christian special educators in the lives of persons with disabilities. As special educato...

NACSPED Conference

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This past Saturday, we held the first conference of NACSPED (the National Association of Christians in Special Education). The conference w...
Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Christian social constructions

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Are we a reflection of what social constructions say we are? At times we may desire to be a reflection of social constructions, at other ti...
Wednesday, February 16, 2005

More on "disabled" by design

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I appreciated the thoughtful comments posted in reference to the last blog. It is interesting and I also think important to ask whether dif...
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