When there is a disassociation from people who are not part of the “norm,” it makes one wonder exactly what the “normal” is. Who decided that it was acceptable to […]
Lent 2016
Community Worship
Join us every Wednesday at noon for Community Worship and meal! This week, we will celebrate Holy Week with a Passion play.
In the Midst of Deception: The Illusion of Disability — Student Eddie Rosa-Fuentes
“Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” Acts 10:15 We live in the culture of perfection. We are asked to be perfect. Our work needs to be […]
Leaning Into Lent: Resurrection Living through Reconciliation — Debra Paxton-Buursma
And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced […]
Good News Vibrations — LSTC Student Ang Remmers
“As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, […]
Trauma, Depression, and Hope — Student Kenji Kuramitsu
It is perhaps fitting that the season of Lent each year begins as Japanese Americans commemorate Day of Remembrance, recalling the day the President of the United States signed an […]
The Luggage We Carry: Reflecting on Stigma — Student Christopher Flowers
7 A Samaritan woman came to the well to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the city to buy him some […]
Community Worship & Meal
Join us at noon for Community Worship and Meal! This week, the Colombia Travel Seminar will lead worship
(In)Visibility of (Dis)Ability — Student Quantisha Mason
For our 2016 Lenten devotional series, we are publishing a series of reflections on faith and (dis)ability. Student Quantisha Mason shares her experience and reflections for the first week of […]
Disability Devotional: Violet Ricker & Isabella Novsima
McCormick offered a new course this J-Term, giving students the opportunity to study ancient healthcare policy, contemporary interpretations of the healing miracles, and Christian understandings of health and ability. In […]