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title: Tessa Boersma
date: 2026-06-26T08:04:00-05:00
author: Jennifer Vermeer
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#  Tessa Boersma

 

 

 

 ![]() Tessa Boersma is a 2026 Dordt University graduate with a B.A. in Theology: Missions & Ministry and  
Biblical Studies. She is passionate about caring for God’s people through advocacy work on behalf of  
disability communities, as well as working with area nonprofits to provide compassion and care to those experiencing material, relational, and spiritual need.

 

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## Articles by Tessa Boersma

  [     ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/iat-healing-doesnt-have-to-come.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=33&f=webp&c=fe8f18d6&v=a46d06cdf2e54e98d4e88fd70a70777b43bd8da169edcabb244a034d21ca6530)   Essays 

 Jun 30, 2026 

### Healing Doesn't Have to Come: A New Perspective on the Church's Posture Toward Disability

 By Tessa Boersma

An invitation to rethink disability, healing, and the Church, this essay examines how cultural assumptions about disability have shaped Christian communities and asks what it might look like to imagine belonging differently.

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