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).

Monday, September 28, 2015

"Sometimes you have to make a ruckus"

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       Another student of mine (I have great students!) also presented on a Biblical passage. Hers was from Mark 2 where the story is to...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

"I bring awkwardness to the situation"

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A student of mine made a presentation in class this past week. He was relating a Bible passage to the experience of disability. Just in pas...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Providing opportunities for the expression of gifts

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The 1 Corinthians 12 chapter describes the manner in which people are gifted, by God, for the edification of the body. That is, your gift i...
Monday, August 10, 2015

Ministry to persons with disabilities is not an "organic" ministry

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Was chatting with a friend recently who was visiting. She talked about conversations with the pastor of her church about working toward dev...
Monday, July 27, 2015

"Teach me" or "the chance to understand"

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In our Light and Power class, we have been going through a harmony of the Gospels. This past week we were looking at Matthew 13:10-17 as...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Missionaries who prepare nationals to serve persons with disabilities

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Kathi and I had a great conversation with Ms. Ashley Hall, a gal who is spearheading the development and offering of an undergraduate progr...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Christian School Special Education

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I was recently asked to help develop programs for a Christian school. Not an unusual request. However, as is sometimes the case, their star...
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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Final Authority

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People's behavior is governed by something. It may be that they do "whatever seems right in their own eyes" as the book of Ju...
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Monday, July 06, 2015

Is community integration understood by those charged with facilitating it?

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The title of this posting is the title of an article I just submitted for publication by one of my students and I. We surveyed group homes ...
Friday, June 26, 2015

"...all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes."

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"...all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes." That is the way the book of Judges ends. When we are instruct...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Complete in Christ

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Joni and Friends recently hosted an amazing conference called the Global Access Conference. Several friends stayed with us before and after...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Come to be served

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Matthew 21 The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many. What would Sunday morning worsh...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

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People who know me, know I am a cowboy wannabe! One of the ways that that is expressed is through watching old Roy Rogers & Dale Evans ...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

"Help me!"

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In assisting adults with intellectual disabilities to grow in their faith, one thing we have desired to do is to teach them to pray. Too of...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

The way things are...

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‘If one would say to the average citizen, “I want you to take five men and buy a house in a neighborhood in a little town where those five...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Sherlock Holmes and the Happy Home

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Sherlock Holmes and the Happy Home By Jeff McNair A family member had asked Holmes to visit a local group home in order to determine whe...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Frustrated with myself

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The title of this post reveals how we, how I often feel about our desire to and our success at loving our neighbors. I will sometimes joke ...
Thursday, February 05, 2015

National Prayer Breakfast 2015

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I would encourage you to read President Obama's remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. Some of us love him others of us not so much,...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Social Ramps: The Principles of Universal Design Applied to the Social Environment

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Social Ramps Bryan McKinney and I have just published an article in the latest issue of the Journal of the Christian Institute on Disabil...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Knowing the path versus walking the path

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"Neo, sooner or later you are going to realize, just as I did, there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path....
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