Dr Kelly Fleming

Life is a journey, each person's journey is unique.

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  • Lessons Learnt Through Television

    What TV shows did you watch as a kid? My favourite tv show was The Facts of Life. As a girl growing up in the 70s and 80s, The Facts of Life taught me things that were often taboo topics. While every episode was entertaining of course, they each taught me very important lessons. Not Read more

  • Trying to Find A Balance

    When I was young, I couldn’t wait to become “older”. I knew I would get an education, hopefully a job and of course there would be bills to pay. But how prepared was I for the “real” world? As an adult there have been so many times I wanted to slam on the breaks and Read more

  • Fighting for Equality

    It has been some time since I have had a chance to write. As a Deaf person, I have spent the greater time of my life fighting against discrimination. It seems this fight is never-ending. I have spent the past 2.5 years fighting for my basic rights for access to an important communication method which Read more

  • Inclusion in the Church – Part 24

    Disabled people provide a powerful message to others through their bodies. Their physical presence is a way of preaching and living the Gospel. In every community, the presence of disabled people in leadership, theological studies and missionary work break through historically influenced stereotypes that exist within the Church. Their presence becomes a strong force of Read more

  • Inclusion in the Church – Part 23

    Missionary organizations need to rip up their stereotypical criteria sheet and welcome disabled people into the missionary field. It is only by doing this, that barriers will be shattered, just as the friends of the disabled man who tore off the roof of the house where Jesus was teaching, motivated by faith. We need to Read more

  • Inclusion in the Church – Part 22

    We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to Read more