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Jesus walking along the road with many followers, stopping to reach up to encourage Zacchaeus, who has climbed up a tree to view Jesus, to come down and join them.
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Recognizing the Image of God in Every Body, Story 4: Jesus and Zacchaeus

… DeYoung Without a critical or nuanced lens to interpret Scripture, the church tends to perpetuate and even sanctify … begin to challenge our own ableist approaches to reading Scripture. Re-visioning the story When you hear the name …
Becky Jones
dawn scene of a river with trees on each side. Layered over this vista is a circle that is a close up of brothers embracing. One brother holds a cane, reminding the viewers he walks with a limp.
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Recognizing the Image of God in Every Body, Part I: Jacob Wrestles with God

… encounter. Instead of curing Jacob or killing him off, Scripture introduces a disability that tethers him to the … story Who wouldn’t want to capture the epic moment in the scriptures where Jacob is wrestling with God? This is the …
Becky Jones
An image of a group of friends sitting together. Below, in the background is the house where Jesus healed one of them that day - the man who was paralyzed.
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Recognizing the Image of God in Every Body, Story 3: Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man

… and scribes strictly observed and studied the law and scripture, and Jesus had been challenging them. Word traveled …
Becky Jones
Jesus healing the man born blind
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Recognizing the Image of God in Every Body, Story 2: Man Born Blind

… many people to equate disability with sin. This passage of scripture, meant to share a positive metaphor related to …
Becky Jones

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