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  • Wounded and Whole
    Why does the Resurrected Jesus have wounds? Laura Stone muses in her sermon on disability and wholeness. Plus a sneak peek of Laura and Peggy Gilbert's performance poetry.
  • Embodiment in Worship
    Sarah Werner reflects on the church's changing beliefs about physical disabilities and calls us to a more embodied approach to worship.
  • Friendship
    Naomi Epp recounts the ways her friendship with Chantel has been a blessing for both of them.
  • MC USA Accessibility Resolution Passes
  • "I Am Here"

 All posts on changing attitudes
    • Redefining Disability
      At First Mennonite Church, ability or disability seem irrelevant, as persons with disabilities contribute through leadership and other gifts.
    • Semester of the Heart
      A story of priorities reoriented by living in community with people who have developmental disabilities
    • Stigmatizing and Separating: A Parent's Plea
      A mother describes the world of stigma and injustice that her daughter with an intellectual disability faces. Stigmas towards those with disabilities need to change, and need begin in the church.
    • Thank You
      The words “thank you,” coming from a man who rarely speaks, embody God's hospitality and gratitude to a caregiver
    • The Messages of Community
      After spending time with friends with developmental disabilities, the author comes to realize their rare awareness and maturity.
    • The Point of No Return
      Dwight Roth paints a haunting word picture that challenges us to think about who we are and how we show compassion
    • The Weak are Indispensable!
      Could the Apostle Paul have been thinking about people with disabilities when he wrote, “The members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable”?
    • The Wisdom of God
      By choosing to become the scapegoat of humanity’s violence, Jesus radically identifies with the suffering “other”
    • To stare or to gaze
      How will we look at people with intellectual disabilities? with a stare or with a gaze?
    • Tragedy Opens a Door
      Pastor Bob Molsberry reflects on the hit-and-run bicycle accident that has left him using a wheelchair and how this experience contributes to his ministry overseeing congregations in Ohio.
    • Tribute to Aunt Debbie
      A tribute to a beloved aunt, who had many fondly remembered qualities, one of which was that she had Down syndrome.
    • Will you be my friend?
      For the first time I understood that people with developmental disabilities asked the same questions and shared the same hopes that I did.
    • Wounded and Whole
      Why does the Resurrected Jesus have wounds? Laura Stone muses in her sermon on disability and wholeness. Plus a sneak peek of Laura and Peggy Gilbert's performance poetry.
    • Youth Ministry for All Abilities
      Resources and reflections from The Gathering Place on youth ministry that includes people with disabilities, from eight Anabaptist writers and speakers.

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