Surviving the Holidays- Disability Edition
December 15, 2025 10:34 amThe Holiday Season is a time of magic— the decorations, lights, music, food, gatherings, people, and presents.
Tag Archive: Julia Watts Besler
Low-cost Accessibility for Any Church
November 6, 2025 4:00 pmAnytime “Accessibility” comes up for discussion, it is immediately met with the dreaded “But how much will it cost?” In this blog I would like to offer a public service announcement that creating a more accessible space does not have to be expensive or difficult.
Church Accessibility Audits
September 23, 2025 1:25 pmThis past summer I conducted an accessibility audit on my field education parish where I am currently serving an internship. This church has a long-standing culture of welcome and inclusion, including accessibility for people with disabilities.
Social Stories for Church Services
May 7, 2025 11:03 amRecently, the Holy Celebration of Easter disrupted the predictable worship service with bells as we all exclaim: “Alleluia, the Lord is risen indeed!”
Raging with Compassion
February 21, 2025 1:32 pmIt is forbidden that "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object, to expose himself or herself to public view."