Grace Without Margins: Chapter Ten

Shun, Enable or Empower

Have you ever thought about what these words mean?  Our perspective on these three words will affect how we interact with people in our ministries and our personal lives.

• Have you ever been shunned?  Have you ever shunned someone else?  How did it make you feel?
• Have you ever been enabled?  Have you ever enabled someone else?  How did it make you feel?
• Have you ever been empowered?  Have you ever helped empower someone else?  How did it make you feel?
• How do you feel about comforting, stabilizing and then empowering families affected by disabilities?  What would it mean for your church to do this?  What changes would you need to make?