Disability Archives - Katherine Walden

Archive 1/1/2025-12/31/2025

Disability is Not a Lesson Sent by God

Posted on November 18, 2025November 18, 2025by Katherine Walden

Close-up of a woman’s hands resting on a walker indoors, representing living with disability while trusting in the goodness of God.

My disability is not a lesson sent by God There is a less than helpful belief that still shows up in church spaces, spoken or unspoken: that God sends disability, sickness, or hardship to teach us a lesson. It might sound spiritual on the surface, but underneath it paints God as an abusive parent. That […]

Archives 1/1/2021 -12/31/2021

I Have No Choice, I Must Keep Moving

Posted on July 28, 2021July 28, 2021by Katherine Walden

We don't have a choice. When we fall, we have to get up again. We have to keep going. We can't just lie there.

I fell yesterday. Don’t worry. I am okay. It’s not fun to fall; it hurts! But it comes with the territory of living with a disability such as mine. I can’t just lie there and have a pity party. No, I have to get up. I have no choice. Yes, I stay still for a […]

Archives 1/1/2021 -12/31/2021

But It’s Hard …. (But it’s Not Impossible!)

Posted on May 19, 2021by Katherine Walden

It’s not always easy. It might be hard, but it’s usually not impossible. As my hands continue to weaken, it takes me a while to ‘do’ stuff. Case in point: Most supermarket shopping carts require a coin deposit in Canada to ensure you return it to the corral and don’t just leave it in the […]

Archives 1/1/2018-12/31/2018

What Should I Call You?

Posted on February 5, 2018February 5, 2018by Katherine Walden

What should you call me? My identity is in Christ and not in any diagnosis or what others choose to all me

People often ask me what they should call me when referring to my disability. My standard cheeky response is, “Just call me Katherine, and if you know me well, I answer to Kath.” Having lived with a progressive disability since birth, I have had many labels attached to me over the years; many of which […]

Archives 1/1/2017-12/31/2017

My Christmas Prayer

Posted on December 24, 2017January 16, 2018by Katherine Walden

Christmas Prayer 2017 - For those who struggle with the Holiday season, the lonely, the alone, the suffering ones.

My Christmas greetings for 2017 and a Christmas Prayer for all those who find the Christmas season a difficult one. May you know Him as Immanuel – God with us. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqEJnLGw5f0[/embedyt] Everlasting Father, I ask you to come to those whose hearts ache on your Son’s birthday. They are hurting and lonely. Father, […]

Redirected: Do You See a Potential Testimony or Someone Beloved by God

Posted on April 12, 2016July 27, 2026by Katherine Walden

Do you see the visibly disabled only as target practice? Are they only potential notches in your healing belt? Or do you see the person in the wheelchair as someone who deserves to be respected?

For my revivalist friends, I have a question. When you see someone who is visibly disabled, what do you see first? If you’re anything like me, your immediate answer is probably, “A person.” I’d like to believe that’s true. Yet, after living with a visible disability for many years, I’ve learned something. Quite often, people […]

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