If your family includes someone with disabilities, you know that congregations can be places of healing or harm, support or lack of care. How can churches better support individuals with disabilities and their families? In Circles of Love, meet people who have received support from caring people in Anabaptist congregations-support that has changed the course of their lives. These are not stories of valor or victory, but rather of ordinary people whose lives have been transformed by circles of love. Learn concrete acts of compassionate care that congregations can take to support people with disabilities and those who love them. This compelling book illustrates the power of authentic relationships to transform the lives of people with disabilities and their families. But just as importantly, each story in this collection reminds us just how much we all have much to gain from investing deeply in the lives of one another.Erik Carter, professor of special education, Vanderbilt University Circles of Love offers example after example of congregations that have overcome the hesitation blues and built on an understanding that we are all part of God's family. Joe Landis, founder and executive director of Peaceful Living. 96 Pages.
