The Traveling Bed
When you agree to help out with a ministry for differently abled people, you certainly get a chance to see God work in different, wonderful, unimaginable ways. At David’s Table, our differently abled friends seem to have an understandable fetish for “gear”. Their gear is not the same as gear for hiking, biking, or golf. […]
Another Life Worth Living
Meet my friend, Brian Cooper. Most of his friends know him as “Coop.” Although he has Cerebral Palsy (CP) and is dependent on others to meet nearly every single one of his physical needs, Coop will be quick to tell you, “I’m no different than anybody else. I’m just sitting down all the time.” I’d […]
Stretcher Bearer
“Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.” Mark 2:3-4 The four friends of the […]
The Table
Several years ago we thought that David’s Table might award a “table” to a church working to include our friends with disabilities into the worship, service, and community of their church. The first idea was to buy an older table and fix it up a little bit – maybe one that was not level and […]
Disability Makes a Church Strong
Each Sunday, as I stand on our elevated platform, I look out at a couple hundred faces of various ages, different shades of color, and a diversity of expressions, all bidding me to speak on behalf of God. But one face in particular captures my attention in a unique way every week. Her name is […]
And You Will Be Blessed
This is church for Max. He is: Welcomed. Wanted. Loved. Home. Indispensable. Church for my 27-year-old son with autism is pure unbridled worship, joy in the Lord, the fellowship of believers, and service unto Him. This is God’s design for His Church: “When you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, the […]