Disability, Marriage, and Faith When Healing Doesn’t Come: Cameron & Annie Horner

What does faith look like when healing doesn’t come? And how can churches move beyond welcoming people with disabilities to creating genuine belonging? Cameron and Annie Horner join Preston to explore disability, marriage, suffering, and what the church misses when disabled voices are sidelined. Cameron and Annie share how they met at the Exiles in Babylon conference and how vulnerability shaped their relationship. Together, they challenge assumptions about disability and offer practical ways churches can remove barriers to worship, community, and leadership. Cameron Horner is a quadriplegic pastor, speaker, and ministry leader who became paralyzed from the chest down at age 18 after a diving accident. Annie Horner is a mental health therapist with Living Whole Hearted, a clinic based in Portland, Oregon. Together, they lead Accessible Grace, equipping churches to move beyond inclusion to genuine belonging for people with disabilities. Join the Theology in the Raw community for bonus content and conversations: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw CHAPTERS 00:00 Faith when healing doesn’t come 00:45 Why disability belongs in the church conversation 03:36 Meet Cameron and Annie Horner 04:22 A love story that started at Exiles in Babylon 07:18 Annie’s story: abuse, faith, and finding hope 11:40 From Ireland to a marriage proposal 12:47 Dating, disability, and assumptions about relationships 16:37 Building a relationship on what matters 19:33 Sponsor: Western Seminary 20:30 What people misunderstand about their marriage 21:24 Purity culture and the “ideal spouse” checklist 24:06 How vulnerability made room for love 26:46 When disability happens during a marriage 29:59 Disability and the church: where do we start? 32:08 Accessibility beyond ramps and parking spaces 35:21 Seeing disability as part of the body’s diversity 38:48 How church culture can exclude families 40:59 Who gets to lead in our churches? 43:12 Cameron’s calling to pastor and teach 46:03 Moses, disability, and God’s accommodation 48:11 “Stand if you’re able”: why language matters 52:31 Disability theology and the resurrected Jesus 56:18 How should we talk about disability? 58:29 A first step for church leaders: listen 61:09 What disability teaches us about being human 62:48 Celebrating faithfulness without a miraculous ending 65:18 Cameron and Preston’s marathon rivalry See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.