Bücher von Brett Webb-Mitchell

Flowing from Jesus' parable of the banquet feast, this practical and challenging call to a more inclusive church shows why disabled people - the mentally retarded, the physically impaired, and others - must be a part of congregational life, along with how, where, and what to do. Essential for parents, teachers, and the disabled themselves.

""Dancing with Disabilities is about the ever-changing relationship between two groups...locked like dancers in either a passionate embrace or a dance of separareness, trying to move to the rhythm of the music that one or the other hears.""- from the Introduction Imagine what a church could be if those who are ""disabled"" and those who are ""able-bodied"" were to understand them-selves to be equal partners in the faith community.Writing personally and passionately on this compelling subject, Brett Webb-Mitchell relates the struggles and triumphs, frustrations and joys, of the children and adults with disabilities whom he has met through his ministry. It is these persons who put a genuinely human face to ""disabilities"" - and those presence challenges the church to welcome all God's children to their rightful place in the Christian community.

Moving beyond traditional human developmental theories, pastor and Christian education theorist Brett Webb-Mitchell uses stories and analysis to walk with readers on a road toward rediscovering an ancient Christian custom that may ultimately lead to new roads in Christian education. This important work encapsulates a new understanding of faith...