Bad Things Happen: Toward a healthy, hopeful, and helpful theology of suffering

Here’s another #twominutechapterchat for my forthcoming book How Ableism Fuels Racism. In this episode I share the central thoughts about chapter one of the book which is titled Disability, Blackness, and Early American Christianity.

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Yesterday I updated the congregation on my health and cancer treatment plan. Here are a few quick notes.

1. The spot on my lung is still small but unfortunately in a position that is too difficult to surgically remove. Instead we will utilize radiation therapy.

2. As a result surgical intervention is no longer an option for the original tumor in the rectum. This is because there is no medical benefit to only removing some cancer. The surgery would be very difficult and high risk and in the end I would still have cancer in the lung which would still require ongoing chemotherapy.

3. As of now I am on chemotherapy indefinitely. This is to continue to treat and control the cancer that is present.

4. According to my NY doctor, there are new immunotherapy drugs that are being fast tracked for approval by the FDA for which I am a perfect candidate for. They have had extremely successful results with these medicines during clinical trial and I will be able to switch to these medicines when they are available to the public in the next year or so.

Please pray for the current treatment plan to either kill and/or control the cancer until I can receive the immunotherapy.

Also pray for my overall health and tolerance for the chemo as I continue the treatments indefinitely.

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The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, And Gender in Antebellum America.

George Fitzhugh was born in Prince William County in the state of Virginia in 1806. Raised in King George County, Fitzhugh would graduate high school and eventually go on to study law and get married and begin practicing in Caroling County, VA. Fitzhugh has historically been known as a fierce and articulate defender of slavery. Prior to the American Civil War, Fitzhugh managed to build a prominent platform for sharing his ideas and promoting his position on the benefits of racial slavery, particularly in the south. He also worked in Washington D.C. briefly and for the Confederate Treasury in Richmond Virginia. Following the war, Fitzhugh worked for the Freedman’s Bureau.

In this episode, we examine the influence that George Fitzhugh had in historically linking disability to Blackness by insisting that racial slavery in the south was morally superior to free labor in the North.

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Amy Kenny is a disabled scholar and a Shakespeare Lecturer who hates Hamlet.  She serves on the mayor’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taskforce in her home city coordinates support for people experiencing homelessness in her neighborhood, and is currently co-launching Jubilee Homes OC, a permanent supportive housing initiative in her local community.  She is a Scribe for Freedom Road Institute and believes that every human is an image-bearer worthy of belonging. 

You can find her cruising on her scooter, Diana, Princess of the My-Scooter (named after Wonder Woman), reading, or in the water, where she’d always rather be.  Friends call her a minimalist, and while it’s true that her walls are empty, her life is full…of riotous laughter, usually, until she tears up or snorts, whichever comes first.  She’s never met a pie she didn’t like, and her love language is jalapeños.

This conversation was hosted by Baker Book House and the video of our conversation is available on their YouTube Channel.

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Understanding racism requires understanding ableism. In this episode, we will begin to trace the connection between race, religion, and ableism in American history. 

Mentioned in this episode:
The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, And Gender in Antebellum America
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Purchase my award-winning book Disability and The Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion

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