Weekly round-up! {9/12/11}
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I've mentioned before that Wrestling with an Angel is one of my all-time favorite books and the book that every pastor ought to own and read through at least twice. Here's an interview with Greg Lucas on the Together For Adoption website, posted last week.
To spotlight one church that is doing it well, here's one that held art classes for adults with special needs and then held an art show to display their works.
That church with the art show? That's Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. It also happens to be the church pastored by Chuck Swindoll. He also happens to be the keynote speaker for Inclusion Fusion, an upcoming web summit for special needs ministry that will be held November 3-5, 2011. I have been helping with it as part of the program team, and I will be one of the speakers. I'm excited to be part of an event that can equip church leaders for free and from any location via the internet. You can find out more or register here.
And, though I usually end these on a positive note, I want to leave you with this story. I blogged on Friday about a mom who testified in court that she would have aborted her three-year-old son if she knew before birth that he would have no arms and one leg. Later that day the court ruled in favor of her and her husband, awarding them $4.5 million dollars. Here are some quick takeaways from this:
To spotlight one church that is doing it well, here's one that held art classes for adults with special needs and then held an art show to display their works.
That church with the art show? That's Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas. It also happens to be the church pastored by Chuck Swindoll. He also happens to be the keynote speaker for Inclusion Fusion, an upcoming web summit for special needs ministry that will be held November 3-5, 2011. I have been helping with it as part of the program team, and I will be one of the speakers. I'm excited to be part of an event that can equip church leaders for free and from any location via the internet. You can find out more or register here.
And, though I usually end these on a positive note, I want to leave you with this story. I blogged on Friday about a mom who testified in court that she would have aborted her three-year-old son if she knew before birth that he would have no arms and one leg. Later that day the court ruled in favor of her and her husband, awarding them $4.5 million dollars. Here are some quick takeaways from this:
- Pray for their son, Bryan, who will one day learn that his care was paid for because his mother told a room full of people that she wished she hadn't given birth to him.
- Pray for everyone involved in the case, from the parents to the ultrasound technicians.
- Pray that this wouldn't encourage other doctors to recommend for abortion to avoid similar malpractice cases.
- And pray for the church to rise up and take a stand in love with people with disabilities. If we do nothing, then we let the world define the worth of individuals with special needs. And this is what the world is saying.