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How might someone's disability shape not only their view of God, but of the church? Turning to the lived experiences of people with disabilities and caregivers for children with disabilities, this book provides theological reflections on their images of the church. Attuning to these often ignored voices provides thought-provoking insights into what the church and other religious communities can do and have failed to do for and alongside its disabled members and their caregivers. Embracing disability theology enables a generative image of faith communities built on various forms of spiritual care. Over three broad sections (Disabling Images of the Church, Themes in Healing the Church with Disabilities, and Intercultural Insights for Disability Theology), theologians explore the themes and images emerging from alternative views of the church and other religious communities presented by disability studies.

Beyond Saints and Superheroes: Supporting Parents Raising Children with Disabilities:
A Practical Guide for Faith Communities

By Laura MacGregor & Allen G. Jorgenson, Illustrations by Wendy Newbery

Laura MacGregor and Allen G. Jorgenson tell the stories of parents who have brought their children with disabilities to church. Some parents have felt supported by their faith communities, while many have felt unwelcome, silenced, and have even left their churches altogether.

This eight-week guide is written for personal self-reflection and small-group learning. The guide highlights practical ways that faith communities can support families impacted by disability. Beautiful illustrations by Wendy Newbery and poetry by Allen G. Jorgenson, along with spiritual practices, provide points of reflection as you journey through the eight-week guide.

Enough: Two Decades of Extreme Mothering

By Laura MacGregor

Can a woman ever be enough? Do enough?

Enough: Two Decades of Extreme Mothering explores these questions through the lens of MacGregor’s two decades parenting her profoundly disabled son, Matthew, who required twenty-four hour, medically sophisticated care. Following Matthew’s birth, MacGregor wholeheartedly embraced her role as a ‘special needs parent,’ turning mothering into a competitive sport, one where she would top the podium. Determined to prove her worth, she baked cookies, managed Matthew’s seizures and feeding tube, navigated a siloed health care system, and tucked doctoral studies into the nooks and crannies of her sleep deprived days.

She would become an expert. Dr. Mom.

Looking back, she wonders if success was ever possible.

Enough: Two Decades of Extreme Mothering unpacks the unsustainable burdens mothers shoulder, and the many ways women are judged and failed by their communities.