Kevin Timpe, Author at Kevin Timpe

A grey-scale icon of Jesus, three children, a woman, and a man. The icon, by Tom Clark, is at the top of the cover of Kinard's book.

Of Such is the Kingdom

Yesterday I stared reading Summer Kindard's new book, Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability. I'm a little over 100 pages in (out of a total of around 260) and so far it's perhaps the best single book I know of on…

Kevin TimpeFebruary 16, 2020

22 Advocacy Podcast & Radio Interviews

Podcast on autistic adults and parents of autistic kids

A few weeks back, I had friends Ellen Stumbo and Carlyle King, both of whom are absolutely fantastic, come guest lecture in my January disability class. After the class we had a great conversation ranging over a number of topics. But much of it is…

Kevin TimpeFebruary 4, 2020

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Inclusive Hymns, Exclusive Language

(This post is related to this earlier one.) I've been thinking about theological/liturgical language a fair bit over the past few days. This past sunday, one of the hymns our church sang was "Be Thou My Vision." It's a hymn that I've liked for a…

Kevin TimpeJanuary 7, 2020

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22 Advocacy Papers & Presentations Talks & Lectures

Know My Faith videos

Last year, I travelled to Oklahoma to record a few short videos for Know My Faith. Each is only about 10 minutes. "Disability and Human Dependence" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfKkq3lpDSk#action=share "The Church, Belonging, and Shalom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFaueEjqw14#action=share

Kevin TimpeJanuary 7, 2020

22 Advocacy Papers & Presentations

the start of 2020

I wasn't nearly as regular posting last year as I would have liked. I'm hoping to do better in the coming year. January is going to start off the year with a fair number of speaking engagements. My primary work responsibility is a three-week intensive…

Kevin TimpeJanuary 5, 2020

Photograph of Kevin Timpe talking in front of abstract art. He's wearing a lovely plaid shirt. Bottle water and two microphones are visible in front of him.

22 Advocacy Talks & Lectures

Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice

A video of the talk I gave in September 2019 at the University of North Carolina at Asheville on "Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice" can be seen HERE.

Kevin TimpeOctober 11, 2019

a photograph of a slumped over individual alone in the pews of a church

22 Advocacy Talks & Lectures

God’s Kingdom without Autism

Today, I want to talk about how our culture and communities—and specifically the Christian community known as the Church—are problematic with respect to how we treat disabled people. Just as the Church is sometimes unwelcoming of people that are different than us in other ways,…

Kevin TimpeOctober 3, 2019

22 Advocacy

You want me to sing what?

This past weekend my family was on the road with . me, as I had a number of speaking engagements in another state. We visited a church near where we were staying. During the Sunday morning service, the congregation sang "O for a Thousand Tongues…

Kevin TimpeOctober 1, 2019

photo of Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Waco, TX

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A church that listens, learns, and acts

I've been critical, both in my book and on social media, of churches that marginalize, stigmatize, or ignore those with disabilities. I think that's appropriate as a way of calling the Church to be better.But it's also appropriate to celebrate churches that get things right.…

Kevin TimpeJuly 13, 2019

chalk outline of a body on the street with the words 'Am I next?'

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One danger of being disabled in public

According to a recent news story, Kenneth French, a 32 year-old non-verbal man with an intellectual disability, was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer while at Costco. There are a lot of details that we don't yet know about the incident, but the…

Kevin TimpeJune 17, 2019

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Of Such is the Kingdom

Podcast on autistic adults and parents of autistic kids

Inclusive Hymns, Exclusive Language

Know My Faith videos

the start of 2020

Disability Advocacy and the Demands of Justice

God’s Kingdom without Autism

You want me to sing what?

A church that listens, learns, and acts

One danger of being disabled in public

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