Deep & Wide Conference Invitation
I wanted to share this post as an invitation to you to the upcoming Deep & Wide Conference this May 10th & 11th. Their theme is going to be ‘Ecclesial Engagement With Disability Across Canada’ and I am both excited and honored to be able to share some of my own thoughts there.
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We Need Better Caregivers In Calgary
Let me start by saying my wife and I have some incredible caregivers who care greatly for us and are immeasurably skilled in knowledge and experience for looking after our health needs as quadreplegics here in the city of Calgary. We could not survive out here in the community without them! But, it seems as though this community of caregiving has been drastically shrinking the past several years and culturally changing with fewer skilled employees who seem to only care about receiving a paycheck rather then bringing dignity and care to those with disabilities.
Last June, AHS announced they would…
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Warfare, The 1st Sunday In Advent, & Hope For Those With Disabilities
It seems inescapable these days. Images and news about war and gun violence is everywhere. A few weeks ago I was watching as pictures of children in the middle east, bloody and crying in pain, were being carried frantically to any place of refuge that might be found. With horror flooding the pit of my stomach, I began asking myself the question; what happens with the disabled in places of violent war?
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Pushing Through The Rough Patches
It seems lately that I keep climbing out of one crises into another. It is exhausting! I’m not sure if it was a gallstone attack or I caught some kind of a intestinal virus; but two weeks ago for 4 days I was in a complete nightmare. If you are in a wheelchair, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Even after the original symptems stopped, the gut cramping and bladder spasms pursisted. I really couldn’t eat anything for another week and it has only been the last 3 or 4 days that I have felt like I’m returning to…
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Two Windows To Seeing The First Snow Fall
I’m going to be honest here, after 29 years of being in a wheelchair, I hate winter. Sorry for being so blunt but, every year seems to be just a little bit harder then the last. I don’t think anyone with a physical disability really truly embraces the season with open arms, either. So what are we to say as we scroll through all those social feeds and see the first snowfall pictures everyone shares with such enthusiasm? As I look out my office window at our freshly snow covered grass and fenceline, let me suggest two windows to which…
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Rochester Live Stream Conference TED Talk
A little over a week ago, I had the opportunity to give a TED Talk or ‘Spark’ Talk at the Rochester U’s Live Stream Conference. It felt good to be back in the Zoom world of social gathering and seeing some of my old academic prof’s like Dr. Mark Love and Dr. Richard Beck. Beck’s talk particularily has me pondering more about how he says humainty finds particular joy or happiness within the three explorations of gratitude, awe, and cosmic mattering. I wish I could review the recorded talk that he gave. But you’ll hear more in the video I…
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At The Bottom Of The Well 