Disability Concerns
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Posted on December 6, 2011, 10:49 am
Topics: Advocacy
Though diversity brings richness to life, diversity should not be an end in itself. In fact, a very diverse groups can be unbearable. At their worst, diverse groups can break into factions that engage in gang warfare and “ethnic cleansing.” When churches consider creating diverse communities, they need to focus attention also on welcome, hospitality, and inclusion.
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Posted on December 5, 2011, 4:43 pm
Topics: Caring
This resource from Mental Health Ministries includes tips on coping with the stresses of the holidays for people living with mental illnesses, for their family and friends, and for their community of faith.
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Posted on November 28, 2011, 4:11 pm
Topics: Worship
When we hope, we join with God’s people throughout the ages in placing our future with him. God holds firmly in his hand the future of each Christian and the future of the church.
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Posted on November 22, 2011, 8:28 am | 1 comment
Topics: Caring
A simple, short guide won't make all the challenges go away, but it can help everyone enjoy the holidays a bit more. This new guide, written by Barbara Newman, gives practical advice that can be of help to those who care about people who have a difficult time with all the changes that come with the holidays.
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Posted on November 14, 2011, 8:51 am | 3 comments
Topics: Advocacy
It is obvious that sin has impacted our world in regards to disabilities. But what is often less obvious is the power of God working through such disabilities.
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Posted on November 8, 2011, 11:08 am | 25 comments
Topics: Caring
Recently, Max Lucado published a book which included a devotion with reflections on disability and disease called "We Shall Be Like Him." Although he intends to encourage the reader, the language used and assumptions made in the devotional diminish people with disabilities.
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Posted on October 31, 2011, 2:50 pm | 2 comments
Topics: Worship
I am the mother of a special needs child with a cognitive impairment. This presents various blessings and challenges for our family. One of the things that we have wrestled with for years, is whether or not our child would ever partake in communion.
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Posted on October 25, 2011, 3:07 pm
Topics: Caring
This website has a calculator to help people receiving public disability benefits determine how their income, benefits, and health coverage could be affected if they go to work.
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Posted on October 25, 2011, 1:30 pm | 1 comment
Topics: Worship
Because individuals with intellectual disabilities could not grasp many of the theological principles that pastors and councils considered core to our Reformed faith, they were judged to be spiritually immature and incapable of making a public profession. Thank God that perspective has changed.
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Posted on October 17, 2011, 9:37 pm | 10 comments
Topics: Caring
Often when a child with a disability comes into a family, whether by birth or by adoption, the parents are not ready for the emotional, spiritual, and practical changes they must make to care for their new child well. Church leaders need to be prepared for just this challenge so that the church is ready to help when the family itself feels so unprepared.
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Posted on October 11, 2011, 7:59 am
Topics: Caring
This tool will help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and people who care about them find out what Medicaid (a U.S. assistance program) can offer them.
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Posted on October 10, 2011, 2:31 pm
Topics: Advocacy
Some people may wonder what it would mean to “celebrate” disability week, because they believe that disabilities are nothing to celebrate. However, we do have reason to celebrate the people in our congregations who live with disabilities.
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Posted on October 3, 2011, 4:19 pm
Topics: Accessibility
James Soliday, a former employee of 7-Eleven who has 95 percent hearing loss, managed several stores effectively for many years, but was terminated, it seems, because a new supervisor was not willing to accommodate for his hearing loss as his supervisors had in the past.
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Posted on September 27, 2011, 4:55 pm | 4 comments
Topics: Caring
Robertson’s cavalier approach to the marriage commitment reflects our culture’s cavalier attitude toward commitment. But true Christians understand that love is not based on convenience but on commitment.
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Posted on September 27, 2011, 3:53 pm
Topics: Caring
Freelance writer and Vice President of Christianity Today, Amy Simpson, talks about her own experience interfacing with a family member with mental illness as well as talking about how the Church responds.
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