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).

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

7 things every pastor needs to know about disability

1. People with disabilities are just people. People with disabilities are not an example of imperfection to the perfect. They are an examp...

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The segregated church for people with disabilities

I have often referenced the 1 Corinthians 12 metaphor of the Body of Christ in this blog. It helps me to understand my relation to my broth...

Monday, October 18, 2010

Remembering Brad

A dear friend of mine, Brad Winden died this week. I knew Brad for probably 15 years. He was one of those people in your life that you can...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

"I went to the bachelor party!"

This past week, my son got married. It was a wonderful time. All of his friends were there which was one of the most fun aspects of the we...

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me"

This was the second part of the 23rd Psalm that I was to report on to our group. We were studying Keller's, "A shepherd looks at P...

"He makes me lie down in green pastures..."

This past week, I was a part of a group studying "A shepherd looks at the 23rd Psalm." I was assigned chapters 3 and 7 in the boo...

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The "reality of one's condition"

I was recently reading from a curriculum on disability. Under the heading of "Grief and Depression" was the following statement. ...

Garbage in the heart

Yesterday was the first day of the fall 2000 and semester at California Baptist University where I teach. At one of the meetings I was sitti...

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Lorna's faith story

Please note the new viedeo below which is a woman's faith story from our Light and Power class. I never tire of hearing about how someo...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Social consequences of disability

I have written elsewhere in this blog about what have been called the "social consequences of disability." That is, how does soci...

Community Based Isolation

I recently had a meeting with a friend of mine and we were discussing the problems faced by people with various disabilities, particularly i...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Please keep Joni and Ken Tada in your prayers

This morning, the Joni and Friends website shared that Joni has been diagnosed with cancer. Please visit this website for the full letter d...

Thursday, June 10, 2010

"Celebrating the past: Honoring the legacy of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Senator Edward Kennedy"

That was the title of a presentation given to the entire membership this morning at the AAIDD conference. The majority of the presentation ...

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

AAIDD Providence

I am currently at the annual meeting of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. I am the incoming presiden...

Monday, May 17, 2010

Autism & Alleluias

I was contacted recently about reviewing the new book, Autism & Alleluias here. The book is written by Kathleen Deyer Bolduc and as my ...

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Growing pains

Something occurred to me the other day, actually in the midst of doing a presentation at the Joni and friends conference in Pasadena this pa...

Monday, April 26, 2010

Good intentions and laziness

In my role as a special ed professor, I am often visiting classrooms where student teachers work under a "master" teacher in order...

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The good Samaritan

Tonight I was speaking to my class about the family life cycle as it relates to people with disabilities and their families. The research l...

Monday, March 22, 2010

3/21/10 World Down Syndrome Day

"Your search yielded no results" Rarely does this statement cause me happiness when it appears on my computer screen. Typically i...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Amos Yong at Cal Baptist

Dr. Amos Yong will provide a Special Lecture on issues in Theology and Disability Thursday March 25, 2010 at 430-6 pm Copenbarger Room, Yeag...

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