No, the 2010 Desiring God Conference for Pastors is not specifically on disability or starting a disability ministry. It is actually entitled, The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy: The Apostolic Aim of Pastoral Ministry. But the implications of pastors being workers for their peoples’ joy are huge on this issue of disability, [...]
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Want to really include people with disabilities at your church? Send your pastor to this!
Posted in News on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Posted in News on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to pastor, author and blogger Kevin DeYoung for pointing to this amazing presentation on the human cell. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame [...]
Pastors Take Note: ‘Need for Theological Meaning of Disability’
Posted in commentary on December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dr.Linda Treloar, writer of the the article, Disability, spiritual beliefs and the church: the experiences of adults with disabilities and family members, presents a refreshingly positive view of Christian belief with some findings that pastors should find helpful. Unfortunately the article is owned by a journal that only provides libraries and subscribers access, so I [...]
Joni Camp Talent Show Preview?
Posted in Special Events on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Secular Journal Praising ‘A Theological Understanding of Disability’
Posted in News on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found an article in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, Disability, spiritual beliefs and the church: the experiences of adults with disabilities and family members (December 2002, Vol. 40 Issue 5, pp. 594-603) which sounds promising: Findings. Trial or difficulty contributed to spiritual challenge, the breaking of self, reliance on God, and strengthened faith in [...]
Good Motives – Bad Idea
Posted in commentary on December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have no doubt that the motives were good, even pure, when this exercise was developed to help people learn about disabilities: Help the children of the parish experience what it is like to have a disability. Blindfold some of them. Have wheelchairs, cane, walkers, and braces available for others to use. Place cotton in [...]
Why is something good in one situation, and bad in another?
Posted in commentary, Helpful things on December 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This is one of my favorite pictures with my two non-disabled boys, taken at Joni Camp near Detroit Lakes, MN in 2008. They LOVED playing on the extra wheelchairs that were brought to camp. They were completely unafraid to try them out, attempted wheelchair basketball and baseball, and appreciated the skill some of the campers [...]
The Abortion Distortion – New York Magazine
Posted in commentary, News on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I missed this article, “The Abortion Distortion – Just How Pro-choice is America, Really?,” in the New York Magazine, but fortunately Al Mohler didn’t. He wrote this commentary, An Amazing Article on Abortion in New York Magazine, in response. Both articles are worth reading. That is no endorsement of the views of the New York [...]
He Is Good in All Things – Matt Chandler
Posted in News on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Most of you have heard that Matt Chandler of the Village Church had a seizure last week which prompted surgery to remove a tumor last Friday. Results are still pending as I write this. He taped this video a few days before surgery, but after his seizure. At times I’m hard on men because, well, [...]
Registration open for Desiring God’s Conference The Works of God: God’s Good Design in Disability on November 8
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God Uses Silly Videos to Make Much of Himself
Posted in commentary, Scripture on December 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After watching John, Noel and Talitha Piper dance, I went to the website and created a video of my four children doing the same thing. I half-thought as I was sizing my disabled son’s ‘elf’ photo that it might be depressing. To my surprise, watching my Paul ‘dance’ was incredibly encouraging. Someday, all his limitations [...]
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