Wednesday, April 23, 2008

F.I.R.E.

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The Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education is a group sponsored by the Catholic Church.  The goal of the foundation is that they gran...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Beating each other up

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So, in the past 2 months, I have been an advocate for a family with a school district that apparently has been beating up on some parents, a...
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Getting into "trouble"?

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Recently I have had an interesting experience that I guess I should have expected, but didn't and have been a bit taken by surprise.  As...
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

"People with mental retardation & sexual abuse"

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The following is from an article by Leigh Ann Reynolds entitled, "People with mental retardation & sexual abuse." >90% of p...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2008

More on stigma

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Dr. Marc Gold was a professor in the 1980's at the University of Illinois. He pioneered educational strategies for persons with severe c...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Stigma

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When a person with a disability enters a room, people will tend to notice the differences about that person. Perhaps it is his facial chara...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

A lesson from Pagan Christianity

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I've just finished reading a book that was recommended to me by a friend called Pagan Christianity by Viola and Barna.  I have no doub...
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Alarmed by numbers

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I have been preparing a portion of a class for a certificate program that is being offered by the Joni and Friends organization. Should be ...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

Missing love

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I just completed Resurrecting the person by John Swinton which I would highly recommend, particularly if you are interested in ministry to ...
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Friday, March 07, 2008

Evaluation of "Local church support to individuals with developmental disabilities"

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The following is an essay that my daughter developed for work in one of her pre-law classes at Seattle Pacific University. She does a great...
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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Sally's memorial service

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To follow up on my last entry, we held a memorial service for Sally at our Light and Power class. Circumstances prohibited us from doing thi...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

On the death of a friend

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A friend of mine, a woman who lived her life with severe intellectual disabilities died this week.  She wasn't particularly old, maybe i...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Curse the deaf stumble the blind

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Leviticus 19:14 states, 'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The reasons for ministry

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Going along with my previous blog entry, I have been thinking lately about the reason for ministry to people, be they disabled or not, havin...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Ministry to people with severe intellectual disabilities

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What is the goal of a ministry to adults with severe cognitive disabilities? I was having a discussion with someone the other day, and was t...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Ministry to peers

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Yesterday, I had the privelege of having a small cadre of people with expertise in disability and disability ministry in particular visit ou...
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Monday, February 11, 2008

Normality

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Here is another great quote from John Swinton's book, Resurrecting the Person . He writes, The task of a liberating church is to reveal ...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

An alternative structure

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I have been doing some thinking about the two reasons for most churches weekly coming together for a worship service.  One main reason is th...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

The disability corrective

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As I commented on my last entry, I was visiting a church in Seattle. As I was waiting for the gals in our group to use the ladies room I app...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

"Don't taze me bro!"

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This past weekend I was up in Seattle, and while I was there, I visited a very large and growing church. The music was great and the preachi...
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