Joni is such an important voice for the church to hear. Her book, When God Weeps, is the best book that I have read on suffering, period. It was instrumental in my coming to embrace Reformed theology.
As a Christian with a physical disability who uses a wheelchair, from what I have seen, we seem to almost be an American "unreached people" group. I wonder, why are people in wheelchairs so seldom found in churches (in my experience)? The answers are probably many and complex.
Deaf people do seem to be more "reached." Is that simply because they are more mobile, and can thus be out "in society" more easily, than people in wheelchairs? I'm not sure.
I do know that I would like to see the church in America become more passionate about finding and reaching (with the Gospel) people in wheelchairs. How can we learn from the church, and the church learn from us, when so few of us are even *in* churches?
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Joni is such an important voice for the church to hear. Her book, When God Weeps, is the best book that I have read on suffering, period. It was instrumental in my coming to embrace Reformed theology.
As a Christian with a physical disability who uses a wheelchair, from what I have seen, we seem to almost be an American "unreached people" group. I wonder, why are people in wheelchairs so seldom found in churches (in my experience)? The answers are probably many and complex.
Deaf people do seem to be more "reached." Is that simply because they are more mobile, and can thus be out "in society" more easily, than people in wheelchairs? I'm not sure.
I do know that I would like to see the church in America become more passionate about finding and reaching (with the Gospel) people in wheelchairs. How can we learn from the church, and the church learn from us, when so few of us are even *in* churches?
That was awesome! God Bless, Robin
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