Belonging, Not Just Access — The Church & the Deaf Community

Fully Known

Jeanette shares a personal confession about longing to be deeply known and the pain of being misunderstood, especially in her advocacy for deaf and deafblind ministry. She uses a Sunday morning accessibility conflict to illustrate how assumptions can harm relationships, points to Jesus’ example of seeing people beneath the surface, and urges listeners to slow down, ask questions, and listen with love. Ultimately she encourages rooting the desire to be known in God, who fully understands us, and challenges us to offer others the gift of truly being seen.

When Worship Becomes Healing: A Journey to Letting Go in Nashville

Jeannette shares her experience at the Bring Worship to Life workshop in Nashville, where she came to learn worship interpretation but left with a deeper spiritual breakthrough. Through music, prayer, and community, she learns to release perfectionism, receive God’s peace, and trust that the battles belong to Him—even while facing ongoing family challenges.

Belonging, Not Just Access — The Church & the Deaf Community

A hearing mother and long-time deaf ministry volunteer reflects on decades of personal experience, sharing why many deaf people feel excluded from church life despite surface-level access. She challenges churches to move beyond minimal accommodations—investing in qualified interpreters, respectful inclusion of Deaf culture, and platforming Deaf leaders—so deaf people can truly belong, participate, and lead. #DeafAccess #Belonging #TheJesusPeople #RyanMiller #HaydenDaum

Carrying Less, Trusting More: A Deaf Ministry Journey

As a Deaf Ministry pastor nearing ten years of service, I reflect on the joys of ministry, the importance of creating access, and the power of raising Deaf and Deaf-blind leaders. I share the story of my daughter leading worship, the hidden work to make inclusion possible, and how one person saying 'yes' inspires others to serve. I also open up about burnout, guilt over missed Sundays, and learning to trust God, set boundaries, and share responsibility so ministry can grow and thrive.

When Church Hurts: Wrestling With the Faith I Inherited

In this episode of Where Grace Meets Truth, I share the story behind why I resisted ministry for so many years. Growing up as a pastor's kid in a culture shaped by legalism, shame, performance, and rigid expectations, I witnessed both the beauty of faith and the wounds church culture can leave behind.  From public humiliation after becoming pregnant at nineteen, to watching my Deaf children struggle to find true accessibility and inclusion in church spaces, these experiences deeply shaped the way I viewed leadership, faith and even God himself.  But this episode is not just about church hurt. It is about confronting the painful reality that if we never examine our own wounds, we can unknowingly repeat the very things that hurt us. It is about wrestling with fear, inherited patterns, grace, surrender, and the kind of Christianity Jesus actually modeled.  If you have ever struggled with church hurt, legalism, calling, or the tension between faith and healing, this conversation is for you.