disability
Five ways your church might already welcome autistic adults
And some ideas for expanding that welcome
Reckoning with the careless ableism of the church
Amy Kenny’s call for disability justice leads with righteous anger but offers grace.
What does the cross mean for people with disabilities?
David McLachlan proposes a participatory atonement in which God engages creation’s contingency and vulnerability.
A landscape scarred by the trauma of eugenics
Elizabeth Catte traces the haunting history of forced sterilizations in Central Virginia.
Beloved Everybody, an ability-inclusive church that embodies the beloved community
At this church, people with and without disabilities both worship and lead.
The view from Rebekah Taussig’s wheelchair
Sitting Pretty showed me how much I have to learn about ableism.
Thinking better about autism
Grant Macaskill’s reflection on neurodiversity becomes a stimulus to renewal of faith.
Seeing disability through a lens of wonder
Brian Brock’s book is both academic and deeply personal.
When liturgy embraces difference
Rebecca Spurrier’s study of a “disabled church” and its lessons for all Christians
A chaplain, his cerebral palsy, and the philosophy that guides him
Stephen Faller’s series of wise reflections on being alive
Disability and the good life
Theologian Shane Clifton rethinks virtue ethics from his wheelchair.
Gifted
I recently watched my granddaughter and other teens with Down syndrome perform Shakespeare—with emotion, wit and passion.
Roommates and friends: A seminary does disability ministry
Western Seminary students had both needs and assets. So did the wider community's adults with disabilities.
An hour with Penny: Encountering Down syndrome
As someone who is “first” in this world, am I in trouble with God?