**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 8 August/September 2003 Are there wheel chairs in heaven? Will blind people be able to see? Will persons with autism be able to think clearly? Disabilities and mental illness have always challenged the faith of persons who believe in a loving God. Most of […]

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 7 July/August 2003 How special is special? In a paper entitled “Community Building In Logan Square,” Mary O’Connell tells the story of how neighborhood leaders in the Logan Square section of Chicago were asked to identify persons with disabilities in their neighborhoods in order

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 6 June/July 2003 On July 3, 2003, I had the rare opportunity to hear a former U.S. President speak in person to a Mennonite Church convention in Atlanta. Since leaving office, Jimmy Carter has used his position as a former President to work for

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 5 May/June 2003 Greetings from the land of Goshen! In Biblical times, the land of Goshen was the place where Jacob (also called “Israel”) and his family settled in Egypt after a famine racked their homeland. That settlement came about after Jacob’s son, Joseph,

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 4 April/May 2003 The title of the article in a church magazine caught my attention. “Jesus would cry,” it read. Yes, I imagine Jesus would cry about a lot of things in our world today. The article wasn’t quite what I anticipated. Instead of

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 3 March/April 2003 Time and money are very much entwined in our capitalist economy. As one saying goes, “Time is money.” I suspect there is some truth in that saying. That has become very evident to me in these last few months of living

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 2 February/March 2003 I was recently asked to speak briefly on the spirituality of persons with disabilities as it relates to building community. In the process of reflecting, I realized there was a significant intersection between spirituality and the administrative structures of the helping

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 5, No. 1 January 2003 Preachers often speak most passionately about the issues that they themselves are facing most directly. Sometimes, the confidence in the words and tone of voice belies the struggle underneath to truly “practice what you preach.” So this issue of Companion Resources

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 4, No. 12 December 2002 “Fear not!” boomed out the voice of the angel puppet. The shepherd puppets cowered in the corner of the stage and squealed with the voices of middle school students. “Aaahhh!!” “I said, ‘Fear not!’” the angel puppet again proclaimed. Again, the

**Companion Resources Newsletter** edited by Paul D. Leichty Volume 4, No. 11 November 2002 Caregiving is something that I have become very familiar with since coming to Goldenrod. In our case, the caregiving involves persons with disabilities. However, I have recently become more aware of the fact that many persons will become caregivers sometime during