Different is Beautiful
In this collaboration with Mennonite Women USA for Disability Pride Month, Sarah Werner redefines her disability as something to be proud of, not something to be ashamed of.
Author: Sarah Werner
Sarah Werner is the communications coordinator for Central District Conference, leader of Olentangy Wild Church in Columbus, Ohio, and author of Rooted Faith: Practices for Living Well on a Fragile Planet (Herald Press, 2023). She has a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and a PhD in Religion from the University of Florida. Sarah experiences life in the body of someone with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, an inherited connective tissue disorder that affects her mobility.