The River of Jordan: Theme for April Disability Blog Carnival: BALANCE

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Theme for April Disability Blog Carnival: BALANCE

I'm proud to be hosting Disability Blog Carnival #65 for April. The theme is balance. How do you find balance in your life--with your family, job, school, home, time for yourself? What works for you and what doesn’t? How do you feel when you are in balance? How do you feel when you aren't?

You can also think of this as literal balance, such as how I am so clumsy yet my son using crutches rarely falls down. Penny Richards from Disability Studies, Temple U. says that she sees balance as a caregiver issue, too. She says she exercises not for strength but to increase balance. She knows that when carrying her son, she "just can't afford to fall. Ever, not even once."

Submissions are due April 19, and I'll post the carnival on April 22. Leave your link as a comment here, email it to me, or send it to Penny. I look forward to receiving lots of great posts, so please participate!!!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: Leaving an invitation to another blog carnival: Theme - Childhood Expressions. Invite here:
http://www.therextras.com/therextras/2010/04/do-you-really-know-what-your-child-is-saying-to-you.html; 9:54 AM
Anonymous said...: Here's my entry for Carnival #65 on balance (which is in the literal sense, in standing).

http://www.therextras.com/therextras/2009/09/adaptations-to-the-environment.html

Thanks, Danielle.

Barbara; 10:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Here's my submission:

http://modusdopens.wordpress.com/2010/03/28/everything-i-ever-needed-to-know-about-access-activism-i-learned-in-kindergarten/

Thanks!

--IP; 5:30 PM
Terri said...: http://bbandbohmy.blogspot.com/2010/04/balance-yeah-its-problem.html

Here is my post!; 4:49 PM
Ruth said...: Here's my entry for the blog carnival on balance-

http://wheeliecatholic.blogspot.com/2010/04/oh-grasshopper-to-achieve-balance-you.html

thanks for your work on this!; 5:31 PM
Wheelchair Dancer said...: http://cripwheels.blogspot.com/2010/04/art-of-balance.html

Here's mine.

WCD; 11:06 PM
Cara Liebowitz said...: *gets in post at the last minute* See, this is a total example of figurative balancing here...

Here ya go! http://candidlycrippled.blogspot.com/2010/04/balance-or-lack-thereof.html; 4:14 PM
Emma said...: Hope I'm not too late to submit - or too far off topic! http://writerinawheelchair.blogspot.com/2010/04/balance.html; 6:21 PM
Cheryl said...: a very late submission http://uppity-crip.blogspot.com/2010/04/balance.html; 7:16 PM

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Most Asinine Comments Made About Jordan

1. Mental retardation, heart problems, and die before age 1 (said by pediatrician 1/2 hour after he was born).
2. Your biggest concern now is going to be if your NEXT baby is going to have this (said by ob/gyn who delivered him).
3. What's wrong with him? Oh, was he born like that?
4. He is sooooo handsome. He should be a poster child!
5. That's a walker. Remember when GREAT-GRANDMOM used one after her knee surgery?
6. He was running around like the other kids. It was like the Special Olympics!
7. Why is he WALKING with a WALKer? Can't he WALK?
8. Look at that little boy--he has a walker, and he's HAVING FUN! :O
9. I once knew a kid who walked just like you, but God chose to heal him. BE HEALED!!!!!!!!!
10. Wow, he even carries his own stuff and everything!

THE JORDAN RIVER

The significance of the Jordan River begins when Jacob falls asleep beside it and has the dream of the ladder that goes to heaven. Angels descend and ascend while he is dreaming, as though to say that the power of God, the revelation of God was moving into those waters, making the River Jordan a special place of connection with God. It was as though the river provided the sustenance and the strength that God would have for God’s people. And all through history the Jordan River would water the crops, would provide a boundary for the Kingdom of God, a boundary of safety. It is almost as though it is the vein of God’s power that the people of God could tap....The people passed through the waters of the Jordan to arrive at the Promised Land, a land that was not alienated from God, not far away from God, but a land that was close to God and God’s love. And then there was the occasion of Jesus’ baptism. Jesus walked into the river Jordan. The heavens opened, and the Spirit of God poured into our Lord; and from that moment on, our Lord gave his ministry in this world, healing people, caring for people, providing a willingness to die for people. Likewise, if you would like to have the power of God move into your heart, then you walk into the waters of Jordan, because that is when the heavens open and the power of the Spirit of God moves inside you. From "The Waters of Jordan" by Rev. Samuel G. Alexander