A place for all God's children

How can we be more welcoming of people unlike us?

Cafe group: We are one body

Feb 7, 2019 | Cafe Groups, Monthly Topic

February 2019 A place for all God's children by Lisa Heffernan We are one body in Christ. How do we welcome those unlike us? Read more Faith reflections: Belonging to the body of Christ by Lisa Heffernan How can we work together, with our abilities and disabilities,...

Belonging to the body of Christ

Feb 6, 2019 | Faith Reflections, Monthly Topic

by Lisa Heffernan Most of the time, I hate my feet. They’re tiny, have terrible circulation, get puffy sometimes, and I had a wound on one toes that stuck around for almost six years. As a paraplegic who was born with spina bifida, my relationship with my feet and...

A place for all God’s children

Feb 6, 2019 | Monthly Topic

by Lisa Heffernan Just about every Sunday morning, three men from a nearby group home for adults with disabilities come to worship at the congregation I serve. Accompanied by their carer for the day, they enter the sanctuary and say hello to the ushers and me before...

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