Embracing Our Brokenness: Poems and Reflections on Disability and the Kingdom
Parents of children with disabilities intimately know the wasteland of grief. They know what has been called chronic sorrow. The reader is invited to enter one parent's journey through grief toward acceptance of her son's handicapping condition. Part of this process involves letting go of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2001
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| In: |
Journal of religion, disability & health
Year: 2001, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 65-76 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B personal testimony B Poetry |
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| Summary: | Parents of children with disabilities intimately know the wasteland of grief. They know what has been called chronic sorrow. The reader is invited to enter one parent's journey through grief toward acceptance of her son's handicapping condition. Part of this process involves letting go of the world's vision of perfection; letting go of the myth of self-sufficiency; opening oneself to the upside-down truth Jesus offers: it is through embracing our brokenness that we unleash the power of the Holy Spirit to work within, making us spiritually whole. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-9122 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J095v04n04_04 |