Dee
Dee is living at the Brother Francis shelter in Anchorage, Alaska. It’s an emergency shelter, and after staying for thirty days, residents must find another place to stay. He’s been in Alaska for nearly 30 years, and he recently found new employment. He’s now searching for low income housing, but he cautions those who haven’t experienced homelessness: “It could happen …
Read MoreLearn from Harlem Children’s Zone
The Harlem Children’s Zone has created a new paradigm for fighting poverty, intended to overcome the limits of traditional approaches. Our model focuses primarily and intensively on the social, health, and educational development of children. To help support that development, we also provide wrap-around programs that improve the children’s family and neighborhood environments. The theory of change underlying the HCZ …
Read MoreJessica
“It sucks being homeless. And I don’t ever want to see my little girl homeless.” This was the first thing Jessica said when I met her in Anchorage. She and her 1-year-old daughter are currently living with Jessica’s aunt, who sometimes kicks them out when she’s angry. She’s a young mother, obviously scared to be on the streets any longer. …
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Kelly Greene: Prayer as Justice
In the mafia-run walled city of Boys Town, Mexico Kelly Greene is praying with women and men caught up in cycles of prostitution, poverty and drugs. She knows that prayer is a dangerous, dirty business, but she’s modeling Christ’s love, mercy and justice and lives are being changed. Watch this remarkable story of change and visit www.24-7prayer.com for more:
Read More3/21/10 World Down Syndrome Day
“Your search yielded no results” Rarely does this statement cause me happiness when it appears on my computer screen. Typically it means that I haven’t been able to find what I was looking for. But today, I smiled happily at my computer screen. They get it. You see, I searched the Down Syndrome International website for the word “prevention” and …
Read MoreAmos Yong at Cal Baptist
Dr. Amos Yong will provide a Special Lecture on issues in Theology and DisabilityThursday March 25, 2010 at 430-6 pmCopenbarger Room, Yeager CenterCalifornia Baptist University Dr. Yong is J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology andDirector of the Doctor of Philosophy program,Regent University School of Divinity. He is author of 11 books and numerous articles on Biblical and theological issues. One …
Read MoreKim
Until my recent trip to Anchorage, Alaska, I had never heard the term “Chronic Public Inebriate,” yet in Alaska the word “inebriate” is spoken everywhere. It is so grafted in Anchorage’s culture that even the homeless call themselves inebriates. At first it bothered me, but I soon learned that Anchorage’s homeless problem is very complex, caused by severe alcohol addictions. …
Read MoreThe Church and Disability / The Orchard
I have just published two new books. The first is entitled The Church and Disability and is basically selections from the first five years of my weblog, disabledChristianity. As I went through the entries, I was interested once again with what, I believe, God has revealed to me about issues of theology and disability, disability ministry, people with disablities and …
Read MoreThe Church and Disability
I have just published two new books. The first is entitled “The church anddisability” and is basically selections from the first five years of my weblog, disabledChristianity. As I went through the entries, I was verypleased with what, I believe, God has revealed to me about issues of theologyand disability, disability ministry, people with disablities and societal andchurch attitudes towards …
Read MoreDTS and DBU
I had an amazing day today. I had the opportunity to meet with two men who have been involved in the development of a new course on the theology of disability and suffering at Dallas Theological Seminary which is one of the premier seminaries in America. Daniel Thomson spearheaded the development of the course at DTS and with Dr. Larry …
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