Disability – Red Letter Christians

Radical Forgiveness and Ableism in the Church

February 25, 2022

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Practical Justice

While the disability experience is not a monolith, by & large caregivers and disabled people are familiar with the feeling of being excluded from environments that seemingly welcome their presence but not their belonging. And I have to wonder if our churches are not fully FOR the least among them first, then who are they really for?

3 Roots of Discrimination in God’s Church

Todd Lollar

July 10, 2021

Church Life, General, Practical Justice

You may be surprised what people deem as secular society is not where I’ve experienced the most discrimination as a person who is differently abled.

I’m not a ‘Real’ Man: Jesus, John Wayne, and Disability

Sy Hoekstra

June 29, 2021

Books, General, Politics

The background is that I am blind, and have been since I was very young. I was never going to be a soldier, police officer, cowboy, or any of it.

Where Love Ends (And the Fight for Disability Rights)

RLC Editor

October 16, 2020

Family and Parenting, Politics, Practical Justice

Invest your prayer, your money, your time, and your love in vulnerable people. Fight for disability rights and disability pride so expecting parents won’t be afraid after a diagnosis.

Untethered: On Exile, Chronic Illness, and Life in a Pandemic

Anna Howard

August 7, 2020

General, Global, Theology

Every wilderness comes with an untethering and a temptation or three that forces us to reexamine our identities. In this reexamination, is a call to discover or redefine our mission in the world.

Disabilities and the Body of Christ

Ashley Zanatelli

August 5, 2020

Church Life, Family and Parenting, General

I think it’s more a reflection of the cultural values of strength, conformity, and health that we assume that any mention of a disability in the Christian world is also a cry for healing.

An Inheritance of Suffering: A Review of ‘This Too Shall Last’

Sue Fulmore

July 28, 2020

Books, Church Life, General

She becomes a loving whistleblower uncovering the ways the church has failed to embrace suffering as part of its inheritance, and how the suffering ones have been left on the scrap heap of success-driven Christianity.