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March 2026

March 11, 2026

The Precedence of Justice

Liberation, humanity, and justice is measured not by strict compliance but by precedence over the...

March 10, 2026

Lessons From Our Differences

We don’t have to use our differences as metaphors of inferiority to lift up the...

May 2025

May 22, 2025

Disabilities and Narratives of Inclusion and Accessiblity

These narratives challenge theologies and practices that result in the lack of accessibility for those...

May 21, 2025

The Problematic Disabilities Language in the Gospels

The gospel authors use disabilities to provide a context for other debates. I wish these...

May 13, 2025

A Liberatory Theology of Disability and the Pool of Bethesda

The story of pool of bethesda is just one example of narratives in the gospels...

August 2022

August 26, 2022

The Bodies We Inhabit (Part 3 of 3)

To the degree that our communities are accessible to people whose bodies are different or...

August 25, 2022

The Bodies We Inhabit (Part 2 of 3)

These three themes . . . illustrate the theological obstacles encountered by people with disabilities...

August 23, 2022

The Bodies We Inhabit (Part 1 of 3)

This week's story involves humility and the inclusion of the marginalized, specifically people living in...

August 19, 2022

Our Collective Thriving (Part 3 of 3)

This week’s story also calls us to attend to things that enable all of us...

August 18, 2022

Our Collective Thriving (Part 2 of 3)

We still see in our communities some of us who can be very intentional about...

August 17, 2022

Our Collective Thriving (Part 1 of 3)

This story creates a tension of priorities, pitting people’s needs for thriving and not simply...

June 2019

June 21, 2019

Challenging Exclusion

“It’s not enough to simply offer a gospel that only offers divine forgiveness of sins....