Pre-Order your copy of my new book!
My new book Disability and the Church is now available for pre-order! Check out some of the great reviews that the book is already receiving!
“In a time when first-person disability narratives remain hard to come by, Disability and the Church presents a marvelous example of the power of disabled voices in the church. Rev. Dr. Hardwick provides his readers with a powerful message about not only accepting people with disabilities but including them as church leaders. Masterfully interweaving his personal narrative with Scripture and the history of the Christian church, Hardwick offers an insightful look into the what it means to pastor a church while on the autism spectrum, as well as practical tips for developing inclusive churches that take the wisdom of disability experience seriously. Disability and the Church is essential reading for church leaders and seminarians who desire to make their places of worship inclusive, diverse, and faithful to God’s call by placing disability at the heart of the conversation.” (Devan Stahl, Baylor University)
“A disability is not a sickness or even necessarily a weakness. It is just a limitation, a uniqueness, that enables a person to make a vitally important and distinctive contribution to life and to the Christian community. At the same time, to some in the church a person with a disability could appear to seem ‘the weakest and least important’ member of the Jesus community, but instead they are to be viewed as ‘the most necessary’ and to be embraced ‘with the greatest care’ (1 Corinthians 12:22-23). Pastor Lamar has provided a bridge into Christ’s church for those who are ‘disabled’ or ‘other-abled,’ a bridge that seems essential to the nature and mission of the church. Lamar has provided that bridge with this excellent work and with his own life, pastoral leadership, and scholarship.” (Larry K. Asplund, Regent University School of Divinity)
Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830841601/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_E5tlFbB4N3FD8
You can pre-order on Amazon or directly from my publisher IVP
www.amazon.com/dp/0830841601/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_E5tlFbB4N3FD8
https://www.ivpress.com/disability-and-the-church
