http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog Just another IDN weblog Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:12:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Advisory Committee for the Interfaith Disability Connection met on Wednesday, June 2nd to tell our stories and take stock of the gifts, skills and abilities of those in the room.We wanted to begin the work of building a movement for greater accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities and ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=190 I was going through some files and I came across this story from a volunteer who has been affiliated with the Interfaith Disability Network for quite a while now. Sometimes stories tell the story better than all of the rhetoric about inclusion, and justice can... Yesterday I drove over to Carrollton ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=188 I came across this article written by Dr. Paula Bloom in yesterday's Huffington Post religion section. I have been very interested in the link between lives of faith/belief and depression. Dr. Bloom seems to say that treatment of depression can help a person to be better equipped to experience ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=186 A good resource for learning about Pesach (Passover). Here is a helpful reflection on Pesach titled: Passover: Why Redemptive Things Happen to Good People. One of the questions from the article that I find interesting is: Is freedom escape from pain or is it embracing our challenges and using them as a catapult ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=185 I had the privilege of teaming with The Reverend Benno Pattison, Mary Lou Vergara and Ana Martin to present a workshop during Ministry Fair 2010 for the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. The title of the workshop was "The Changing Face of Disability in our Parishes." It is my intent ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=184 Interfaith Disability Connection Podcast- Episode #4 An excerpt from the Theology Forum that took place during the 2009 Interfaith Disability Connection Summit on Sunday August 9, 2009. The question posed by forum moderator The Reverend Benno D. Pattison was: Does your tradition provide guidance about who people with disabilities are or ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=183 The Summer edition of Making A Difference Magazine from the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities features five articles about the power congregations have to be places of inclusion and opportunity for people with disabilities and their families. Making A Difference Magazine Summer 2009 Thank you to Reverend Bill Gaventa, Ginny Thornburgh, Imam ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=181 Check out the most recent episode of PBS' Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. The episode features Reverend Bill Gaventa and people with disabilities and their families from Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=180 Episode #3 of the Interfaith Disability Connection Podcast features Mrs. Betty Hasan-Amin and Reverend Alan Roof. Mrs. Hasan-Amin is the Founder of You-Ni-Verse Greeting Cards and a member at Masjid Al-Muâ??Minun. Reverend Roof serves as a Chaplain at Shepherd Center. Alan is an Ordained Minister in the United Church of ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=179 I am a frequent reader of "Or Am I?" a blog by Rabbi Paul Kipnes. Rabbi Kipnes. Rabbi Kipnes in the Senior Rabbi at Congregation Or Ami in Calabasas, CA. I have read many posts about the congregation's commitment to welcome people with disabilities and their families. This post was ... http://www.interfaithdisability.org/blog/?p=178