The Archives
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church-staff, clergy, disability, ministry
Is ministry a …?
09.16.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsChurch work can be a tough business. It’s never done. The needs—as I’ve heard so many people put it—are endless and nonnegotiable. It follows you home. It goes to bed with you. Lots of folks’ work follows them home. Lots of folks do work that encounters endless human needs. So I’ve put off writing this […]
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disability, disability-ministries
Interfaith disability blog
09.13.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Interfaith disability blogAnother quick shout out to a good blog, this one by a good friend. It’s the blog for the Interfaith Disability Connection, a nonprofit that provides a wealth of resources for congregational leaders. Or check out these success stories of ministries with persons with disabilities.
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ableism, disability, failure, ga, racism, UU
Help me to be a noble failure—while I run this race
06.21.07 | Permalink | 13 CommentsThis is my first GA. And so my first banner parade and opening shindig. And that’s all the academic throat clearing you get on this one. (This one’s long, so I broke into five bite-sized pieces.) 1. Ending institutional evil as we know it The focus of the evening was three moments in UU social […]
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disability, film, murderball, pity, stereotypes
No pity, please
Murderball opens in Atlanta today. I first heard about the movie after it won awards at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. I have read some dynamite reviews. You should definitely go see it if you have the opportunity. I’m definitely going. It could help in a small way to explode the myth that […]
