Friday, January 31, 2014

Satisfied...?

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Imagine a man with an intellectual disability. Lets say he is like 45 and doesn't live at home. Just with that description, many people...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

What is relevant?

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We had a discussion in one of my classes the other night about the medical and social models of disability.  You can find out more about th...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

"Alone yet not alone" Press Release from Joni and Friends

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  Joni Eareckson Tada Surprised at Response to Original Song Oscar®-Nomination Joni and Friends founder asked to record ‘Alone Yet...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

"I was in prison..."

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A dear friend of mine emailed me with this today. Phil 1:12 I want to report to you, friends, that my imprisonment here has had the op...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Oscars: 'Alone yet not alone'

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Something marvelous is happening this oscar season unlike anything I can remember.  A song from an obscure move that grossed $134,000 durin...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Mandella on love

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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate...
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Sunday, December 01, 2013

"O Holy Night"

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Every year, my daughter and I text each other when we have heard O Holy Night for the first time.  This year for me, I heard it in a small,...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Thoughts about the sovereignty of God

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In thinking about God's sovereignty in people's lives, I think we can sometimes focus exclusively on individuals. This implies spec...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Inclusion offers people dignity while exclusion removes their dignity

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"Fear is the root of all forms of exclusion just as trust is at the root of all forms of inclusion" At least that is what Jean V...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Starving on the farm

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Imagine that I am a farmer.  I live with my wife there on our farm.  It is a beautiful farm with corn and tomatoes, fruit trees, and even c...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

"If it wasn't for you two I would NEVER leave my room!"

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"If it wasn't for you two I would NEVER leave my room!" That was the title on an email I recently received. A dear friend of...
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Monday, October 14, 2013

A young man attempts self advocacy

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The attached video below is an attempt by a young man to advocate for himself relative to his frustration that his IEP objectives were not...
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Friday, October 04, 2013

Open Range and the parts that "seem weaker"

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1 Corinthians 12:22 "The parts of the body that seem weaker are indispensable."        There is a scene in the 2003 western...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Video answers to questions...What are the hindrances to churches including persons with disabilities?

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A question was asked by Tim, someone who viewed one of the other videos on this blog. His question is important because we want to encoura...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

"I wonder where these people would be?"

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My son visited our Light and Power group today.  It is a group in our church, Trinity Church in Redlands, CA, that includes adults with var...
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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Community integration as a metaphor for church integration

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In the effort to move toward integration, people left institutions for residences in the community.  The end desire was not simply that peo...
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Disability ministry: It is not what you do it is who you become.

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I was working on a document about leadership in disability ministry for the Joni and Friends organization this past week.  As I looked at t...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Free articles from the Journal of the Christian Institute on Disability

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The Joni and Friends organization's Christian Institute on Disability launched the Journal of the Christian Institute on Disability one...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

A fantastic illustration of friendship

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  A student in the Cal Baptist Disability Studies program, Desiree Lesicko shared this video with me.  On one level it is just a beer com...
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Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Beauty

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At a meeting at Joni and Friends this morning, a video was shared which needs broader airplay.  It is about a photographer, Rick Guidotti. ...
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