on a mission to make the UCC Accessible to All (A2A)
Written by the Rev. Nancy J. Erickson, December 2003
St. Monica’s Chemical Dependency Service for Women, Lincoln
The backdrop for discussion is Leviticus 21:16-23. I suggest you read this paradigm which has informed church policies and even some religious beliefs for hundreds of years.
Comments closedOne of the more devastating aspects of mental illness is the social stigma that attaches to having a brain illness. While other illnesses elicit responses…
Comments closedRita Fiero, RN, is immediate past co chair of the UCCDM board. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,…
Comments closed“We don’t think our way into new ways of acting; we act our way into new ways of thinking.” – Harold Wilke (1914-2003)
Comments closedPersons experienced with disability, first responders and emergency workers need to be in conversation, says Rita Fiero. Read the article: Are persons with disabilities prepared…
Comments closedA review by the Rev. Nancy Erickson, Associate Pastor at First Plymouth, Lincoln, Nebraska. Nancy also is a member of the Nebraska Conference Disabilities Task Force.
When I first saw The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability on a bookstore shelf, I was momentarily taken aback. It was the adjective “disabled” in front of “God” that did it. I am not used to the holy described in terms like that.
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