Bitter Water Sweet
The gap between the congregations and families affected by disability is wide. The families who feel connected and well-fed are few. Appointments, medical issues, exhaustion, difficult behaviors, poor communication, accessibility, lack of biblical understanding and implementation concerning disabili...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2011
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Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2011, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-89 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Disability B Blessed B Acceptance B Jesus B bioethical B Spiritual B inrite |
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| Summary: | The gap between the congregations and families affected by disability is wide. The families who feel connected and well-fed are few. Appointments, medical issues, exhaustion, difficult behaviors, poor communication, accessibility, lack of biblical understanding and implementation concerning disability are some of the key reasons that the gap exists. This article is an autobiographical account of one family's experience with disability and the road to spiritual nurture. The experiences encountered in this article have lead to the creation of a model ministry, Links of Love Disability Ministry at Family Worship Center (Lansdale, PA) to help bridge this gap. Peaceful Living (Harleysville, PA) has partnered with Links of Love to offer this model as a template in assisting other faith communities in not only closing the gap, but in helping the families they serve to flourish as an integral part of the faith community. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15228967.2011.542351 |