Beyond Awareness (Ros' Blog)

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  Beyond Awareness (Ros’ Blog)

Beyond Awareness (Ros' Blog)

So, here I sit in the office on 6th April, thankfully alone for the moment, wearing my onesie. Yes, it’s Onesie Wednesday in “Autism Awareness Month” and, never one to miss an opportunity, I decided to get people to sponsor me to wear... read more »

  You Belong Here (Ros’ Blog)

You Belong Here (Ros' Blog)

This week’s guest blog post is written by Natasha Bunney. Natasha is a final year student at De Montfort University in Leicester, reading Education with French, and writing her dissertation on attitudes to disability in the classroom. She has worked and volunteered with disabled... read more »

  Bible Reading with Dyslexia (Ros’ Blog)

Bible Reading with Dyslexia (Ros' Blog)

This week’s blog post is taken from one submitted by Aurora Betony, a dyslexic adult who was identified with dyslexia in mid adulthood.  Since then, she has been looking for ways to self-help individually and as part of a community of dyslexic people. She... read more »

  The Name that is a Place (Ros’ Blog)

The Name that is a Place (Ros' Blog)

I have just returned from a ministry trip to India. It was an enjoyable but moving trip, staying in a home for girls rescued from trafficking, and having lots of opportunities to speak both within a church and to other groups in the city.... read more »

  “Though he is dead, he still speaks” (Hebrews 11.4) (Ros’ Blog)

“Though he is dead, he still speaks” (Hebrews 11.4) (Ros' Blog)

Every now and then I like to research disabled people from the past.  I find it fascinating to see how, in an age when there was little understanding of disabled people’s strengths and abilities, and little teaching within the church of a Biblical theology... read more »

  Banishing the New Year Blues

Banishing the New Year Blues

As 2016 dawns, the situation looks bleak in many parts of the world. We look with helplessness at the terrible political situations in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Latin America. Persecution of the Church is on the rise all over the... read more »

  Happy New Year (Ros’ Blog)

Happy New Year (Ros' Blog)

Some years ago, I read an article by Miles Kington about New Years’ resolutions. He said he only made ones he knew he could keep. I can’t remember all the examples he gave, but I do recall that one of them was never to... read more »

  Good Christians All, Rejoice! (Ros’ Blog)

Good Christians All, Rejoice! (Ros' Blog)

Last Wednesday I was invited to take my daughter to a different kind of carol service at a church in a town half an hour from home. Never one to miss out on a good carol sing, Ellen was enthusiastic about going. For those... read more »

  Don’t Make Him Come Down There! (Ros’ Blog)

Don't Make Him Come Down There! (Ros' Blog)

I wrote this script for performance at my church last Christmas. The cast consists of just 5 angels. As I re-read it recently, it occurred to me that it could easily be played by a cast of disabled actors. Apart from the 2 angels... read more »

  Outside Our Four Walls (Ros’ Blog)

Outside Our Four Walls (Ros' Blog)

There are comparatively few instances in the Gospels where we see Jesus in the religious environment. There is the occasion when He was twelve years old and His parents lost Him on their way home from Jerusalem, and found Him in discussion with the... read more »