Tuesday, January 30, 2007

"Why should ministry to people with disabilities be a priority?"

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I was very discouraged this past week. I had to opportunity to meet with a leader in the church about issues related to the church and disab...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007

L'Arche Canada statement relative to Ashley

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Here is a statement from L'Arche Canada regarding the "Ashley Treatment". Consider it along with the 1/11/06 and 1/24/06 web ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Please pray for California Baptist University

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I wanted to make a request of those of you who read this blog, and have a passion for persons with disabilities. Please pray for California...
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Comments about the Ashleys of the world

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Regarding the story of the little girl Ashley, demeaned with the name, "pillow angel" a term which from a normalization perspectiv...
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Monday, January 15, 2007

Come as you are... if you are the way I want you to be

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It is sometimes hard to believe what people will do within the Christian church regarding people with disabilities. If you follow what I wr...
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Thursday, January 11, 2007

AAIDD statement on growth attenuation

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You may have seen the recent stories about the little girl who had the medical procedure to keep her from growing . Go here to read from th...
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Monday, January 08, 2007

Church of the merry-go-round

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Impossibleape, a frequent contributor to this weblog made an interesting comment to the December 12 posting. He writes, there comes a day w...
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Henri Nouwen on the contribution of the marginalized

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In preparation for a class I am teaching, I was doing some research on Henri J. Nouwen. He was an amazing man. A professor and author who ...
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Sunday, January 07, 2007

Why I need my brother with mental retardation

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In the previous post (January 3, 2003) I questioned the spiritual maturity of those who would not know why they would need their cogntively ...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Interdependence

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My daughter Amy just returned from the 2006 Urbana missions conference in St. Louis. She showed us a video of clips of the speakers, one of...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Lesson from Wilberforce

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I have been reading some brief booklets on famous people. These are put out by The Trinity Forum . The first one I read was entitled, Will...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Doing God's work alone

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This past Sunday, a group of us went to see a showing of "The Nativity Story." I was impressed by the movie, and really enjoyed i...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Second class ministers

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Those of you who read this blog, know that I have at times spoken of the need for a movement of lay professionals to change the church. Tha...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Mental Illness in the Church

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Here is the slightly edited text of an email I sent to some folks who are attempting to integrate a person with mental illness into their ch...
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Monday, December 11, 2006

Social looseness

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Have you ever been to a dinner with a person to whom table etiquette is extremely important? Now I am not talking about wiping your mouth o...
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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Obliviousity

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Obliviousity (n) the state of being oblivious, as in being focussed on one's self, and unaware of others around (The obliviousity of the...
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Friday, December 01, 2006

Friendship House

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The Friendship Ministries newsletter had an article about what is being called "Friendship House." The following is an excerpt fr...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

You decide who I am

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A student of mine at Cal Baptist, Melinda, stopped by tonight during office hours. We had an interesting discussion about issues related to...
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Monday, November 27, 2006

God owns disability

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At the Joni and Friends "Through the roof summit" recently in Pasadena, Joni Eareckson-Tada made a comment something to the effect...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Church of England supports killing the innocent as long as it is "with manifest reluctance"

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The headline states, Outrage as Church backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth The article begins... The Church of En...
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