Books

This book explores how Jesus’s involvement with the disabled can be instrumental in laying a foundation for disability-inclusive church leadership and practice. Ultimately, this book provides a blueprint for how pastors and congregations can become disability friendly in the church and in the broader community.

This book provides step-by-step guidance to any faith-based organization committed to welcoming, supporting, and including people with disabilities or mental health conditions and those who love them. Some of the aspects of inclusion in faith communities and religious organizations discussed are worship, social inclusion, religious education, youth groups, life cycle events, and parenting. This book is based on two concepts, both equally important in a faith community’s journey: The Spirit of Belonging and The Structure of Inclusion.

This vulnerable, personal and emotional book shares beautiful insights into the world of Disability and Faith. Sa’diyya Nesar shares her connection not only with Allah (God), but also with her family. At every step of her journey, as she learns and grows, she takes the reader along with lessons to take away. Her innocence as a little girl questioning her fate, brings out a sincere view into the thoughts people with disabilities may encounter and her responses to her life’s tests that she writes about, are truly valuable. Sa’diyya writes “Our trial is not our eternal fate. Our reward – fruits of growth – is our eternal fate.”