Disability and Mental HealthSpirituality My Adult Gap Year: How Recovery from Cochlear Implant Surgery Changed My Plans, and What I’m Learning along the Way Once I surrendered the sense of making things fit my timeline, I could more readily embrace that this gap year…Cindi Veldheer DeYoungJuly 26, 2023
Disability and Mental Health Getting to Know Autistic Jesus I’m not the first person to read Jesus through the lens of autism, to ponder whether Jesus was neurodiverse.Sarina Gruver MooreApril 27, 2023
Disability and Mental Health Four Lessons That Help Create an Accessible Future Now Full accessibility that welcomes all people to participate in God’s kingdom is non-negotiable.Terry DeYoungApril 20, 2023
Disability and Mental HealthRelationships Building a Friendship: The Example of a Good Neighbour It was refreshing to not make special arrangements or answer any questions; we were already acquainted.Chantal HuininkNovember 8, 2022
Disability and Mental HealthTheology Ableism, Theology, and Me: Coming to See My Disability in a New Light I am not defined by my disability, but it’s an essential aspect of who I am.Terry DeYoungOctober 27, 2022
Church LifeDisability and Mental Health Ableism and Pity From the Pulpit Reveals Much Work To Be Done The church culture’s ableist expectations were that people with disabilities are all seen as “the least of these.”Rev. Melinda BaberOctober 21, 2022
Church LifeDisability and Mental Health How My Church Became Accessible and Welcoming—and Yours Can, Too Our church’s new space allows us to be the kind of church community we want to be.Jasmine DuckworthOctober 13, 2022
Disability and Mental HealthRelationships How Jesus Calls Us To Be Humble in Our Advocacy Efforts I was struck by the beauty of the Beatitudes and by how they dovetail with the mission of ending ableism.Jenna C. HoffOctober 6, 2022
Disability and Mental HealthLeadership Why Are So Many Pastors Burnt Out, And What Can We Do? Like Luisa in "Encanto," some pastors are wondering, "Who am I if I can't carry it all?"Rev. Annalise RadcliffeApril 8, 2022
Disability and Mental HealthMission Why I Pursue Justice for the Marginalized in My Own Communities I'm not called to be an overseas missionary, but the more I look, the more I realize I have work…Becky JonesAugust 3, 2021