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).

Friday, September 30, 2011

Expressions of deep woundedness from Wolfensberger

Several months back, I taught a class introducing students to Social Role Valorization. As a part of the lecture, we discussed the 18 wounds...

"Your child has plateaued"

Had coffee with a friend of mine who's father is a doctor who works with many children with disabilities. He related the story of how hi...

"the poorest of the poor"

When I was in Kampala, Uganda this summer, my host, Jeff Atherstone found out about my addiction (I mean love) for coffee and said he would ...

Friday, September 23, 2011

428

A friend of mine was recently admitted to the hospital. Even though a relatively young man, perhaps about 30, he has been struggling with hi...

Friday, August 26, 2011

Helping those who may not realize they are being wounded

Leviticus 19:14. Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD. I have written ab...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

"...compel them"

In the Luke 14 passage about the Parable of the Great Banquet, when the host is rejected by his invited guests, there is the following inter...

Thursday, August 04, 2011

Lessons from Uganda

I just returned from a couple of weeks in Uganda. I was there with a friend and colleague, Dr. Rick Langer, speaking on issues related to C...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Reflections on travels thus far...

I have been blessed to be traveling for about a month. Thus far, I have been attending a conference of the European Society on Theology and...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Biologos

This entry is perhaps not directly related to issues of disability but relates to a couple of meetings I attended this past weekend. Both m...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Model Programs From Various Faith Traditions

In meeting with people from faith groups and denominations, I am often asked about model programs that might be closest to the “state of the...

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

A picture is worth a thousand words

Yesterday, I had a very important meeting with some governmental officials regarding church/disability issues. As I always do when I have t...

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

More on the Good Samaritan (a year later)

To begin with, read the story of the "Good Samaritan" if you haven't ever read it before, and then continue on with this blog ...

Friday, March 04, 2011

Theology awakened by disability

There are those who worry about developing theology through various lenses of disability, or gender or ethnicity. I agree with their concer...

Monday, February 28, 2011

The passing of Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger

It is with a sincere and great sense of loss that I share the following here. It was one of the great honors of my life to have known Dr. W...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Some musings about a Christian model of disability

Using the social model of disability we look to the effect or the impact that the environment has on individuals. It is arguable that the en...

Monday, January 31, 2011

Texas plans to cut chaplains

Apparently, the State of Texas is cutting funding for chaplains. I received the following (from an email) and posted it here for you to tak...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Does disability = suffering?

When a child is born to you, you have many expectations of what they will do of who they will be. Things you always wished you could do. Th...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Differences called disabilities

I just had a fun lunch with a colleague of mine. We discussed a variety of theological issues related to disability. One of the points tha...

Thursday, January 06, 2011

More on integration

I once taught a Sunday school lesson on poverty to a group of people. In the group was a homeless man that I had known for several years who...

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The divide of theological certainty

I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am i...

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