Above: “Pittsburgh – Three Rivers from Duquesne Heights (1968),” photo credit Roger Wollstadt. Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. “Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.”[1] – The Rev. Fred Rogers ’62, creator…
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Few, Many: Success and Failure in Ministry
Above: Painting by Alex Levin: “Welcoming Messiah” https://artlevin.com/ He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given…
All God’s Children—Disability Inclusion in the Church
Above: © Ally Barrett (www.reverendally.org), used by permission. Churches identify themselves as faith communities, and a community consists of many kinds of people. People think and act differently, and people are accepted for being different. But disabled people can often be an exception, and even be looked at as less than fully human. On paper,…


