Contributing Author

Contributes to The Mighty website (themighty.com) in the areas of mental health, disability and chronic illness.

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The Chain Of Pain: Extreme Migraines

Chapter 11 in the book Can't Someone Fix What Ails Me.

​The two people who compiled (and contributed) their own stories have over a dozen chronic illnesses between them. They and the other 19 writers want you to know what it's like. How do they, as "chronics," deal with walking into a medical office and being called "odd" or "complex" or "interesting?" How much should they tell others-and whose business is it anyway?

Where do they find the patience to try medication after medication and deal with the unpleasant side effects? How do they stay positive in the face of never-ending symptoms and no cure? How do they deal with the fact that they seem okay, and look great on the outside, while silently suffering inside?
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As they seek answers and solutions, they ask: Can't Someone Fix What Ails Me? It's all very tough to handle. As you read these stories, see the writers' resilience, strength and hope.

The Silence Surrounding Psych Wards

Chapter 8 in the book 'Theology and the Experience of Disability'

About the book:

The Christian gospel compels humanity to embrace deeper ways of being human together that will overcome false divisions and exclusions in search of flourishing and graced communities. Presenting both short narratives emerging out of theological reflection on experience and analytical essays arising from engagement in scholarly conversations Theology and the Experience of Disability is a conscious attempt to develop theology by and with people with disabilities instead of theology about people with disabilities.
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A mixture of academic, professional, practical, and/or lived experience is brought to the topic in search of constructive multi-disciplinary proposals for church and society. The result is an interdisciplinary engagement with the constructive possibilities that emerge from a distinctly Christian understanding of disability as lived experience.

Mental Illness and Leprosy

This article looks at the similarity between the stigma around mental illness and leprosy. It looks at the historical treatment of people who suffer from leprosy, particularly in biblical times, and compares this to the treatment of the mentally unwell in contemporary Western society.

Published in the New Zealand theological journal - Stimulus

Wanting To Belong

This article was about the need to move from a place inclusion of those with mental health issues, to a place of belonging where their voices and experiences matter to the community.

Published in the international Journal of Disability and Religion

Ethics, Improvisation, and MMO's

My thesis focused on the ethical implications of virtual actions within massive multi-player online games. It paid particular interest to the ethic of improvisation, by Samuel Wells, as an ethical framework that may work when discussing virtual actions.

For further reading....

Please visit the following links for more information on my current writing projects and my blog.

Christine Welten - Author and Speaker

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