Mitzi Eilts is national coordinator for the UCC Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns. I’m almost fifty years old and have been female…
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Jeanne Tyler co-chairs the UCCDM board and is co-pastor of Saint Paul UCC, Lincoln,
Nebraska
He told them another parable: “The [realm of God] is like yeast which a woman took and . . . .” – Matthew 13:33
Slowly bubbling along with warm water and sugar, yeast grows as it rises into dough and bakes into bread. This image from Jesus’ rich parable is especially apt for persons with disability and our call to serve.
We have been around forever and have been bubbling slowly ever so slowly into the wholeness of life, bringing the church into the fullness of transformation along with all who have been marginalized, made invisible. With many and diverse gifts, some serve and others are served.
Comments closedWritten by Bryan Crousore From “That All May Worship and Serve,” Volume Four, Number 2 Fall 2002 United Church News Insert Of our three children,…
Comments closedI am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this . . .
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Comments closedThis is an “It’s About Time” project that will enable users of manual wheelchairs to slip into the bath house with ease and to negotiate cabin entry with neither sweat nor snarl.
Comments closedThere is a story about a small community that was nestled at the base of a mountain. Down this mountain came a precipitous road that carried traffic from across the mountain and onto the plain. In the old days, an occasional horse and rider would slide off this road and fall into the town. The townspeople were caring and compassionate people and would gather up the injured and nurse them in their homes until they could continue on their way. As horses and wagon gave way to motorcars, there were more accidents and the village people built a hospital and organized a rescue squad to more effectively assist the injured.
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