Last year the Disability Ministry Network published Worship for the Whole Body, an online resource produced as part of a research and learning project DMN conducted on multisensory worship. That project was led by Bill Gaventa, founder and director emeritus of the Institute on Theology and Disability, and Jason Le Shana, program director at the Baylor Collaborative on Faith and Disability.
Tell me about the seeds of this project. How did it come into being?
Bill Gaventa: I was involved with the Disability Ministry Network, and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship invited us to apply for a grant. First we invited our member organizations to talk about issues in inclusive worship. In those conversations, an important question arose: In what ways do people who can’t read deepen their worship experiences, and how can the church support them?
