{"id":16287,"date":"2015-08-04T05:24:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T10:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2016-04-29T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T22:43:29","slug":"episode-20-puncturing-the-illusions-of-our-own-ableism-and-flawed-ideas-of-normal-with-tom-reynolds-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/episode-20-puncturing-the-illusions-of-our-own-ableism-and-flawed-ideas-of-normal-with-tom-reynolds-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 20 &#8211; Puncturing the Illusions of our own Ableism and Flawed Ideas of Normal (with Tom Reynolds) part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16288\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Reynolds\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" data-wp-pid=\"16288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds-350x280.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tom-Reynolds.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Reynolds, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FEpisode19TomReynoldsPART1.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Fepisode-20-puncturing-the-illusions-of-our-own-ableism-and-flawed-ideas-of-normal-with-tom-reynolds-part-1%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/Episode19TomReynoldsPART1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=16287-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/Episode19TomReynoldsPART1.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode19TomReynoldsPART1.mp3\">Download<\/a> (61.1MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('16287-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_16287-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_16287-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FEpisode19TomReynoldsPART1.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Fepisode-20-puncturing-the-illusions-of-our-own-ableism-and-flawed-ideas-of-normal-with-tom-reynolds-part-1%2F&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spark-my-muse\/id988423690?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D16287\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/spark-muse-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to Spark My Muse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Shownotes: PART I<br \/>\nA conversation (in 2 parts) with<\/h3>\n<h3><em>the author of Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality<\/em>, by practical theologian\u00a0Tom Reynolds<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1587431777&amp;asins=1587431777&amp;linkId=GR357G6BFWYATSRK&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bio:<br \/>\nTom joined the Emmanuel College (part of the University of Toronto) faculty in 2007. He is committed to an interdisciplinary, practical, and relational vision of theology, his teaching and research address a range of topics related to constructive theology (particularly the doctrine of God and theological anthropology), theological method, intercultural and interfaith engagements, contextual theologies and globalization, philosophical theology, disability studies, and the thought and influence of Friedrich Schleiermacher.<\/p>\n<p>His recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/utoronto.academia.edu\/ThomasReynolds\" target=\"_blank\">Articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tom.reynolds@utoronto.ca\">tom.reynolds@utoronto.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIN 4:00<\/p>\n<p>Incorporating the theology of disability into his work training pastors at Emmanuel Seminary, because theology is personal, and not disconnected from\u00a0the real world concerns of the church and people living their lives.<\/p>\n<p>4:30<\/p>\n<p>About his son Chris sparking his interest and work in the theology of disability.<\/p>\n<p>5:30 Learning that disability isn\u2019t a problem to figure out, but rather it\u2019s about a person who I love and live with, and care with and for, which radically reoriented my perspective on theology.<\/p>\n<p>5:50<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disability and God\u2019s Providence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Questioning does God \u201ccause\u201d disability as a curse or opportunity for healing\u2026or a kind of moral lesson\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>6:30<\/p>\n<p>His son exploded the theological categories (and assumptions) pertain to Providence\u2026making everything confusing and needing to be re-thought.<\/p>\n<p>7:00<\/p>\n<p>What is abnormal? What is \u201cfaulty\u201d humanity?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fuller.edu\/Academics\/Faculty\/Faculty-Profiles\/Yong,-Amos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amos Yong<\/a>, Hans Reinders, John Swinton writing on the topic too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B006BVMV4A&amp;asins=B006BVMV4A&amp;linkId=6MD6MKY4AIB35TAC&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1481300652&amp;asins=1481300652&amp;linkId=RCSLY76MJ7UJ4RQ3&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=thbloflicode-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0567045587&amp;asins=0567045587&amp;linkId=GKXDVOJ2D234C7Y3&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>8:15<\/p>\n<p>Tom details the new book on\u00a0the Theology of Care which builds on the first book.<\/p>\n<p>8:40<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some churches stress Cure over Care in terms of disability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8:50<\/p>\n<p>(Lisa) My visit to a church where the leadership was interested in healing my son from his non normative experience of the world.<\/p>\n<p>10:00<\/p>\n<p>The range of responses churches have when encountering people with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 church\u2019s \u201curge to cure\u201d is better than outright exclusion, which plenty of families have encountered.<\/p>\n<p>11:00<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the the idea of remaking and fixing someone in a way that is more comfortable for non disable people and normalcy (what they consider normal). Not helpful or Christian.<\/p>\n<p>12:00<\/p>\n<p>About the church that didn\u2019t want his son as a disruption and a church that did receive them.<\/p>\n<p>13:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow can we help you?\u201d was water for his parched soul. How the church accepted and welcomed the uniqueness of his son.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>14:15<\/p>\n<p>Hospitality vs. a narrow view of what is\u00a0preferred.<\/p>\n<p>15:00<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The messiness of various kinds of people, in general, means we have to expand our view of grace.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>15:30<\/p>\n<p>Who gets to be a full-fledge member of the church community?<\/p>\n<p>and the \u201cmascot syndrome\u201d for those with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>16:30 &#8211; 17:50<\/p>\n<p>Levels and types of responses:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tolerate disabled, but they do not get to be a true part of the church.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u201cInclusion\u201d sometimes means means the the \u201coutsiders\u201d get invites to the inside group based on the good graces of the in group, but are still treated as problems to be solved, or people that are to receive the gestures of charity from others (people for whom things are \u201cdone for (them\u201d)\u201d. Doing for instead of \u201cbeing with\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>18:00<\/p>\n<p>What is access? In is not just accommodations (i.e. ramps and special bathrooms) and alterations but ongoing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Faith communities may be not expecting and not ready to receive those with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>18:30<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not an issue about outsiders, because disability extend to a broad range of issues, both visible and not visible, including mental health challenges that are already there.<\/p>\n<p>18:50<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of the word \u201cBELONGING\u201d<\/p>\n<p>as in \u201cto be longed for when you aren\u2019t there in the fullest sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Swinton and belonging<\/p>\n<p>19:40<\/p>\n<p>Jean Vanier \u201cIn giving and receiving do we really thrive as people\u201d<\/p>\n<p>20:30<\/p>\n<p>Unconscious bias that includes \u201cfear of the stranger\u201d and \u201cfear of the stranger within\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>21:00<\/p>\n<p>We fear weakness and vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>21:30<\/p>\n<p>Before \u201cmainstream\u201d\u2026the stigma of \u201cretard\u201d\u2026and fearing and disposing weakness.<\/p>\n<p>22:20<\/p>\n<p>Nathan means gift. (Lisa) I learned that I had to recognize weaknesses (shortcomings) in myself the I saw reflected in my son\u2026and communities can do the same type of thing unconsciously.<\/p>\n<p>23:00<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe encounter with disability punctures the illusions of what we think of as our own strengths.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>23:50<\/p>\n<p>The journey with a child with disabilities is isolating.<\/p>\n<p>25:30<\/p>\n<p>Societal epidemic that fears being vulnerable or perceived as weak or unable to perform in ways that are considered valuable by society.<\/p>\n<p>26:00<\/p>\n<p>We have to see what are myths about autonomy, independence, and productivity where are assume we are self-reliant and these qualities are prized so highly. \u201cAble-ism\u201d (The idea that being able in body and mind is normal and most vital which serves as the lens by which we see and judge the world and others outside those parameters as faulty.)<\/p>\n<p>27:00<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u2019s latest work called \u201cA spirituality of attentiveness\u201d. Christianity: St Paul\u2019s strength in weakness serves as a prophetic witness against a society that prizes the strong as the main thing of value. 1 Corinthinians pretense of strength undercuts our ideas of grace)<\/p>\n<p>29:20<\/p>\n<p>We are <b>all<\/b> only temporarily-abled. (Lisa).<\/p>\n<p>31:00<\/p>\n<p>On hearing \u201cYou must be so blessed to have a disabled person as a teacher.\u201d Is this sometimes a reframing of the situation that spins the situation to be more palatable? A glossing with spiritual truths and making it about spiritual growth.<\/p>\n<p>31:20<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Chris\u2019s life seeks its own flourishes, and he may at times function as a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>33:00<\/p>\n<p>Thoughts on intellectual ability (or inability) and belief in terms of Salvation.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s works God\u2019s own path in different ways and in different capacities with people. This undercuts my arrogance (as a theologian), so I don\u2019t think I can so easily map it out definitively and universal for all people in all places.<\/p>\n<p>34:00<\/p>\n<p>His son\u2019s atheism (who is the God he doesn\u2019t believe in)\u2026and how that challenges our presuppositions about God.<\/p>\n<p>34:50<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is in the kind of relationships of mutual belonging that the full image of God is borne out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>35:30<\/p>\n<p>(Lisa) To my son I said, \u201cwhen you see someone who is loving you, you are seeing God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Lisa) On how I changed from thinking \u201cright belief\u201d as the way to understand God was central. Our intellectualizing what God has done is not salvific.<\/p>\n<p>38:00<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther\u2019s theology of the Cross:<\/p>\n<p>The pretense that we know exactly where God is and how God works. Where God is most hidden is where God is most vividly revealed in saving ways.<\/p>\n<p>38:30<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho I am to declare that God\u2019s grace only works in some ways? and the God\u2019s capacity and God\u2019s own mystery is limited to what I would deem and my community would deem adequate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>39:30<\/p>\n<p>What the practical theology of disability tells us about Grace with God and relationships with others.<\/p>\n<p>40:00<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe longer I live and work as a theologian the more I realize the limitations of theology and the true infinite mysteries of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was disruptive to religious pretense and suppositions. \u201cYou say this..but I say this\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Theodicy &#8211; The question of why does God allow suffering and how should we think about suffering.<\/p>\n<p>How Tom, as a theologian, answers the question,<br \/>\n\u201cWhy would a sovereign God allow a person to be born disable and encounter such suffering?\u201d (This is great!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The best is yet to come! 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