Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Mental Health and the Church

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I have just completed reading Dr. Steve Grcevich's new book Mental Health and Church. In a nutshell, I highly recommend it for an...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Leading social change

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I was reviewing an article I wrote with Jennifer Baca that was published in 2013. In that piece, we comment on an article by Hutchinson p...
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Saturday, February 17, 2018

New curriculum on Romans from The Light & Power Company

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As many readers of this blog will know, I have taught an adult Bible class at my church on Sunday mornings for the past 27 years. This...
Friday, February 09, 2018

Social skill deficits in people without disabilities

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In an article published by Wallin (2004) he discussed categories of social skill deficits, in particular related to the experience of ASD. ...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

"Maturity is increased depth of relationship"

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"Maturity is increased depth of relationship" is how my friend Bryan McKinney phrased this thought. Hopefully we are all interest...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Be a thought leader

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The term "thought leader" has come into vogue and is often used to describe someone who is providing leadership in the way that p...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Universal mature ministry criteria

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I was in a meeting the other day where the topic of ministry maturity came up. One comment was made that each church is so different there ...
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We are not teaching our pastors/leaders what to do

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I have visited and read about many different ministries for persons with various disabilities. Often these ministries are not integrated. T...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

"I feel like I have been brought to repentance"

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In my work with the Joni and Friends organization, I have been given wonderful opportunities to travel and teach about disability, ministry...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

Woman removed from her social network by a caseworker

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Well it happened again... A woman who attended our Light & Power Company ministry, living in a local group home was moved by her case ...
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Monday, October 02, 2017

"Guard dogs who cannot bark"

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Dr. Timothy S. Laniak's While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks: Forty daily reflections on Biblical leadership is a wonderful resource, us...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

A Christian model of disability

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People will at times attempt to understand what disability is through the construction of models. One hears of the medical or individual mo...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

Disability ministry may trump other aspects of ministry

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I met with a dear friend and colleague, Dr. Chris Chun yesterday. We were discussing a variety of topics when we landed on a discussion of ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Radically normal

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We regularly have folks visit our Light & Power class which includes adults with disabilities. Recently a friend visited from Canada. ...
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Monday, July 17, 2017

360' Video of lesson 8 from The Light & Power curriculum

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I have long wanted to do a video of a lesson from our Light & Power company where you could view the whole class during the lesson. In ...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

New curriculum on the Psalms from The Light & Power Company

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As many readers of this blog will know, I have taught an adult Bible class at my church on Sunday mornings for the past 27 years. This cla...
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Monday, June 26, 2017

Loving your neighbor

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"The love which Paul describes goes out to our brethren and to our fellow men. "Love suffers long." This first stroke of the...
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Thursday, June 08, 2017

Presence of persons with disabilities in the Christian community

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"If nothing else, people with disabilities can at least have presence." I have written quite a bit about presence in this blog. ...
Tuesday, June 06, 2017

A response to suffering

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Maybe part of life is joining clubs you never wished to be a part of,  then walking others through them too. That is a quote from so...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

Talking to your church leaders about starting disability ministry

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In the great book, Lead like Jesus  by Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges, there are many great insights. One struck me as I was rereading it re...