The Rev. Dr. Dosia Carlson, a member of the wider United Church of Christ Disabilities Ministries community and a recipient of the United Church of…
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Finding us in the daily struggle, Dr. Carlson’s music draws us forward with courage but never lets us diminish commitment.
When I was about to retire from the Church of the Beatitudes staff, a colleague said, “Dosia, you’ve left your mark on this church.” Now, that could be a compliment, but he was laughingly pointing out the gouges on my office door left by my electric scooter.
Comments closed“(Make) supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone… so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all goodness and dignity” (1 Tim. 2:1-2).
Comments closedYou open your church’s front door and enter without a thought. If advancing years or a temporary, progressive, or permanent disability has diminished your strength, you may still open the door enough for a foot or shoulder wedge. Then, thrusting your body against the door, you are in. That is, if you could grasp the handle while managing a walker or cane. Or, you pound on the door and wait because you are a child or your wheelchair reach does not afford the leverage necessary to budge the door.
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