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Mosaic Series – In God’s Image – “Treasure in Earthen Vessels”

Written by the Rev. Doris R. Powell

I WAS THIRTY-TWO. I’d just been backpacking in Colorado and was painting my house when I began to experience mysterious symptoms: swelling and pain in my hands, then an elbow, soon my shoulders, knees, and ankles. I went to work swathed in ace bandages. Within two months, I’d been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Encountering the Disabled God

Reprinted from The Other Side

Written by Nancy Eiesland

I have been part of several congregations whose practice of receiving Eucharist includes filing to the front of the sanctuary and kneeling at the communion rail. Often, because I am either in a wheelchair or using crutches, an usher alerts me that I need not go forward for the Eucharist. Instead, I am offered the sacrament at my seat after everyone else has been served.

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Letter to Daniel M

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A Sermon

Dear Dee,

I read your article in your denominational newspaper. I was stunned by your statement about Harold Wilke. You said, “I learned from Dr. Wilke that wholeness has little to do with the body.” I was wondering if you could elaborate this for me.

Daniel M

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