13 hrs 3 mins | BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY | People with DisabilitiesOur Life Our Way A Memoir of Active Faith, Profound Love and Courageous Disability Rights explores an extraordinary love story grown out of engagement with both Disability Rights Advocacy and Christian Faith communities. This memoir contains thoughtful, often entertaining and sometimes heart-wrenching anecdotes of a couple’s journey to create their profound relationship and Christian marriage, in a world not yet ready for them.
William Rush and Christine Robinson’s timely meeting, when the United States was close to granting civil rights to all Americans with disabilities, sets the stage...
Our Life Our Way A Memoir of Active Faith, Profound Love and Courageous Disability Rights explores an extraordinary love story grown out of engagement with both Disability Rights Advocacy and Christian Faith communities. This memoir contains thoughtful, often entertaining and sometimes heart-wrenching anecdotes of a couple’s journey to create their profound relationship and Christian marriage, in a world not yet ready for them.
William Rush and Christine Robinson’s timely meeting, when the United States was close to granting civil rights to all Americans with disabilities, sets the stages for their intensely human and difficult journey of breaking down many societal and systemic barriers to full participation in the larger society.
How will the couple deal with the local KKK Grand Dragon who is threatening William, an outspoken person with a significant disability? How will they respond to posturing state politicians using persons with disabilities as bargaining chips with potentially dire consequences? How will they react to well meaning but not always well-informed government officials pushing quick fixes? Against such opposition, can they create their Own Life, supported by their local Disability Rights and Christian Faith communities?
Girded by a local Christian congregation’s willingness to engage with this non-traditional couple, their faith is tested and grows stronger through much adversity. Faith-filled acts of mercy and grace and active and meaningful participation provide restoration on their arduous journey. Deepening their relationship with God results in a desire for a Christian marriage.
Through a series of vignettes, several deeply human themes are explored; developing enduring relationships, standing up for one’s rights and advocating for one’s needs, and what it means to growing deeply in love with a faithful God, while tribulations abound. Through sheer grit, they model for each of us, how to create our own lives, our own way.
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | OUR LIFE OUR WAY |
0 mins 33 secs |
| 2. | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
1 mins 08 secs |
| 3. | PREFACE |
1 mins 47 secs |
| 4. | 1. THE PERFECT RESCUE |
16 mins 47 secs |
| 5. | 2. FIELD TESTING MY WAY TO CALIFORNIA |
13 mins 50 secs |
| 6. | 3. A CHANCE MEETING |
24 mins 51 secs |
| 7. | 4. SHARING BRINGS HEALING |
20 mins 55 secs |
| 8. | 5. MAKING THE CALL |
7 mins 05 secs |
| 9. | 6. THE WORLD OF BILL RUSH |
14 mins 26 secs |
| 10. | 7. WELCOMING CHRIS TO NEBRASKA |
16 mins 14 secs |
| 11. | 8. DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT CREATES SERVANT LEADER |
7 mins 20 secs |
| 12. | 9. BILL'S BAPTISM |
10 mins 06 secs |
| 13. | 10. EU;LOGY FOR A DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE FRIEND |
22 mins 11 secs |
| 14. | 11. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT LIVING ROLE MODEL COMES TO CANADA |
22 mins 05 secs |
| 15. | 12. INTERFERENCE BY THE KKK NEIGHBOR |
10 mins 23 secs |
| 16. | 13. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY |
15 mins 24 secs |
| 17. | 14. WHAT'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT? |
11 mins 47 secs |
| 18. | 15. AN INCIDENT WITH A SEMI-TRUCK |
8 mins 26 secs |
| 19. | 16. HOW TO DEAL WITH A KKK NEIGHBOR? |
11 mins 00 secs |
| 20. | 17. DISASTER IN TORONTO |
20 mins 19 secs |
| 21. | 18. A SPOUSE ROLE MODEL FOR CHRIS? |
6 mins 03 secs |
| 22. | 19. THE OPEN AIR TAXI |
11 mins 25 secs |
| 23. | 20. MEETING BILL'S SUPPORT SYSTEM |
20 mins 55 secs |
| 24. | 21. SENATOR EXON AND THE FREE TRADE PERMIT |
7 mins 35 secs |
| 25. | 22. ARRIVING IN NEBRASKA |
7 mins 14 secs |
| 26. | 23. SETTLING IN AT FIRST BAPTIST LINCOLN |
10 mins 10 secs |
| 27. | 24. INACCESSIBILITY MAKES ROMANCE TOUGH |
13 mins 07 secs |
| 28. | 25. EXORCIZING MY DEMONS |
10 mins 38 secs |
| 29. | 26. IRONSIDE AS A "ROLL" MODEL |
6 mins 09 secs |
| 30. | 27. A JOB AND A BORDER RUN |
5 mins 32 secs |
| 31. | 28. RAMPS TO RELATIONSHIP |
8 mins 10 secs |
| 32. | 29. PRESSING CHARGES AGAINST THE DRAGON |
7 mins 08 secs |
| 33. | 30. GOING TO THE CHIEF |
16 mins 22 secs |
| 34. | 31. AN ELEVATOR BRINGS HEALING |
8 mins 54 secs |
| 35. | 32. THE DRAGON'S TRIAL |
11 mins 53 secs |
| 36. | 33. EXAMS AND CANOE TRIPS |
14 mins 23 secs |
| 37. | 34. GETTING INTO THE SWIM |
8 mins 12 secs |
| 38. | 35. ADVOCATING BOTH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT |
7 mins 50 secs |
| 39. | 36. TRUST THE GOVERNMENT SOLUTION? |
9 mins 27 secs |
| 40. | 37. AN ACTIVE MEMBER |
12 mins 29 secs |
| 41. | 38. LIBERATING MYSELF WITH THE LIBERATOR |
11 mins 37 secs |
| 42. | 39. WHAT THE GRAPEVINE SAYS |
3 mins 38 secs |
| 43. | 40. THREATS OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION |
9 mins 40 secs |
| 44. | 41. MR. BILL GOES TO WASHINGTON |
14 mins 17 secs |
| 45. | 42. MR. BILL, MY GREEN CARD LAWYER |
8 mins 26 secs |
| 46. | 43. NEXT PIECE OF OUR PUZZLE |
8 mins 19 secs |
| 47. | 44. PLANNING A SURPRISE |
7 mins 55 secs |
| 48. | 45. A SENSE OF BELONGING |
4 mins 45 secs |
| 49. | 46. AN ACCESSIBLE DREAM VACATION |
7 mins 53 secs |
| 50. | 47. ADAPT |
9 mins 39 secs |
| 51. | 48. ON THE ROAD -- FINALLY |
10 mins 53 secs |
| 52. | 49. AC |
8 mins 38 secs |
| 53. | 50. CHRIS' ADULT BAPTISM |
12 mins 43 secs |
| 54. | 51. A BACK-UP PLAN ON THE HORIZON |
11 mins 44 secs |
| 55. | 52. BUILDING A HOME FOR US |
12 mins 38 secs |
| 56. | 53. SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT DRY RUN |
15 mins 13 secs |
| 57. | 54. "GOD HELP" |
14 mins 18 secs |
| 58. | 55. GIFTS OF LOVE |
18 mins 50 secs |
| 59. | 56. WRAPPING UP OUR BUSINESS WITH THE STATE |
19 mins 25 secs |
| 60. | 57. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE ACCOMPLISHED! |
16 mins 47 secs |
| 61. | 58. LOVE AND GRACE AND 14,000 MEN |
21 mins 20 secs |
| 62. | 59. |
9 mins 04 secs |
| 63. | 61 CH 60 |
10 mins 59 secs |
| 64. | 62 CH 61 |
7 mins 59 secs |
| 65. | 63 CH 62 |
13 mins 19 secs |
| 66. | 64 CH 63 |
10 mins 09 secs |
| 67. | 65 EPILOGUE |
6 mins 23 secs |
| 68. | ABOUT THE AUTHORS |
1 mins 53 secs |
| 69. | END NOTES |
9 mins 24 secs |
| 70. | CLOSING |
0 mins 28 secs |
| 71. | THE END |
0 mins 07 secs |
$5.99
$16.99
Download app from
