Blindsided by Grace: Entering the World of Disability

by Robert F. Molsberry

Overview

An active pastor, husband, father, and triathlete, Bob Molsberry was left paraplegic following a near fatal hit and run accident in 1997. After a long period of recovery and rehabilitation, he has returned to an active life including family, ministry, and athletics. The book reflects on his experience of disability not as a medical condition in search of a cure, nor as a tragedy to be pitied, but as a cross-cultural adventure similar to learning to live in a foreign country. Molsberry also offers biblical and theological reflection that confronts the Bible's ancient worldview regarding disability; rather than deserved punishment or opportunity for miraculous cure, he explores biblical texts that see disability as an occasion for radical hospitality and inclusion.

About the Author:
Robert F. Molsberry is senior pastor of United Church of Christ-Congregational in Grinnell, Iowa. He is the author of many published articles in local and national media, both before and after becoming disabled. The writing of Blindsided by Grace was supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment's National Clergy Renewal Program.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451404388
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	02/28/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	424 KB

About the Author

Bob Molsberry is senior pastor of United Church of Christ-Congregational in Grinnell, Iowa. He is the author of many published articles, both before and after becoming disabled, in local and national media. The writing of Blindsided by Grace was supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment's National Clergy Renewal Program.

Table of Contents

	Dedication	v
	Introduction	vii
1.	Blindsided by Grace	1
2.	While I Was Sleeping	18
3.	You Can't Go Home Again	32
4.	More Than an Inspiration	51
5.	A Pilgrim's Progress	62
6.	A Cross-Cultural Safari	76
7.	The Bible Tells Me So	86
8.	Disabled by Definition	109
9.	Crippled by Culture	127
10.	Rights or Rehab?	141
11.	Rolling Reflections	157
	Bibliography	173