Thursday, March 12, 2020

DIsability and belonging

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The church offers great potential for participation in ongoing relationships and prevention of abandonment. At times, those of us who ar...
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Separating people with and without disabilities

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When I look at ministry that includes persons with disabilities and I admit I am hypersensitive to this issue, I worry about things that we...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Stop "blaming" people with disabilities!

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When you try to answer the question "What is disability?" the typical response, typical understanding is based upon two "mod...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Disability ministry: Our Light & Power Class song

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The ministry that my wife Kathi and I facilitate along with others is called the Light & Power Company. We meet at Trinity EV Free Chur...
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Monday, January 06, 2020

More thoughts on Disability Ministry and Cultural Change within the Church

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I am currently awaiting the publication of an article I wrote related to the kinds/areas of cultural change that need to occur within the c...
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Friday, December 27, 2019

Disability ministry and cultural change in the church

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Matthew 9:16-17 "Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth...
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Wednesday, December 04, 2019

The friends of musicians' ministry

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A group of people gathered in a room. Some carried musical instruments that they carefully removed from their cases and proceeded to warm u...
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Thursday, November 21, 2019

JCID The Journal of the Christian Institute on Disability is now FREE!

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At the Christian Institute on Disability, a part of the Joni and Friends organization, we have been publishing a journal since 2012. Up til...

Segregation of persons with disabilities

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I was recently in a meeting where I was sharing about the importance of people being fully integrated into the church. Change in church cul...
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Inclusion of persons with disabilities in the church

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As had been mentioned before in this blog, my wife and I lead a ministry to adults with disabilities at my local church. Its called the Lig...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Disability ministry and social skills

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In the last month, I have had the opportunity to travel to two places which are quite different when it comes to social skills. In France, ...
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Friday, April 05, 2019

Disability as it relates to people, the community and God.

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I have been thinking a lot about relationships involving individuals, the community and God. See this link for some of my thoughts . Recent...
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Friday, February 08, 2019

Euthanasia of children with disabilities

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From Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger (1976) "When legalization of euthanasia comes, it will come in the name of six favorite deceptions and di...
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Thursday, January 24, 2019

Disability ministry perceptions

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So often, when we consider the development of ministry to persons in some way affected by disability, we focus on our perceptions of the si...
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Monday, January 21, 2019

Dr. Martin Luther King and "changing the edifice"

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I have been thinking and writing a lot lately about the ways in which the Christian community's culture needs to change in order to bet...
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Monday, November 12, 2018

The Good Samaritan Church

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A religious leader was asked, What was the most important thing for a church to do?"  He responded, "What do you think it is...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Disability ministry and traditions

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I often mention Mark 7 when I speak to groups about disability ministry. The passage highlights how traditions can get in the way of obeyin...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

Celebration of disability

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Every few years my  church will hold a disability celebration Sunday. The last time the Sunday was recognized, a couple of parents came to ...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

The way we have always done things - Precedents of Practice

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The way we have always done things is a significant barrier to change. What might be called "precedents of practice" can be reaso...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The sin of the social environment

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In Mark 7:1-13 there is a telling interaction between Jesus and a group of Pharisees.   In verse 5, Jesus is asked, “Why don’t your disci...
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