Brett Webb-Mitchell

Vulnerable Communion

Theology

“Reynolds provides another vital resource and is a new and important voice in issues concerning the place and presence of people whom the world calls ‘disabled’ in the life of the church. Reynolds carefully unpacks the baggage of labels and stigmas that have been placed upon the lives of many people with disabilities. With strong, articulate theological arguments, he lifts up the power of being what the world would call ‘weak’ and ‘vulnerable,’ in which the presence of the Christ is revealed in all of human life. Yet Reynolds is quick to remind us that this discovery is not a solo journey, but discovered in the very practice of hospitality within the body of Christ, in which we are reminded that this resurrected body is inclusive of all God’s people.”