It's well recognised that as a woman you are more at risk of many things – violence, sexual harassment, employment issues, low wages etc. But as a woman with a disability you are much more likely to suffer these injustices.
We can end up feeding the wrong belief of many that 'real Christians' don't have mental health problems, don't self harm and certainly don't take their own lives.
Suffering is an anathema today and it seems it no longer has a place in our Christian faith either.
Tweets included ones like the old chestnut, 'No, praying for me won't make a difference.'
I often have random strangers come up and offer to pray for me. I also have people tell me I'm either a sinner or harbouring unforgiveness.
There is another part of me that asks why it should be more shocking for a pastor to take his own life than anyone else.
I'm a disabled woman in itinerant ministry. I'm told that I should find any one of those hard, but having the three is just plain greedy.
Someone muted me on Facebook a while ago. Apparently I was 'complaining' too much.
