by Jolene | Mar 21, 2018 | Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Support
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Church More Accessible to People with Disabilities If your church wants to be more accessible to people with disabilities, there are several things that can be done immediately to jump start the process. Most of them take more time than...
by Jolene | Feb 26, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
Every Believer’s Loneliness Ministry Loneliness. Every school day of my childhood I saw it written on Dad’s face when Mom, my siblings, and I hurried out the door. Even now, I close my eyes and can see him sitting in his wheelchair at the kitchen table,...
by Jolene | Feb 22, 2018 | Grief, Spiritual Support
The Grief We Live with as Parents of Kids with Special Needs The grief we live with as parents of kids with special needs is real and pervasive. This week, it showed up in two different places at two unexpected times. Grief’s first appearance came as I sat...
by Jolene | Jan 18, 2018 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
When We Seek the Mind of Christ Our thermometer read nine below zero this morning. The double doors that open onto our south-facing deck are frozen shut. A crust of frost along the bottom of the inside of each door led to a rolled blanket on the floor in front of...
by Lisa Jamieson | Jan 10, 2018 | Books and Resources, Spiritual Support
Showing Kids with Special Needs How to Pray: Jesus, Let’s Talk Showing kids with special needs how to pray. That’s a lesson guest blogger, Lisa Jamieson, learned from her daughter Carly, who lives with Angelman Syndrome. That lesson led to Lisa’s new...
by Jolene | Dec 27, 2017 | Encouragement, Spiritual Support
The Gift of Disability The gift of disability wasn’t on my Christmas list. But in early October, when I tripped and broke the fifth metatarsal on my right foot, I discovered God had moved temporary disability to the top of His list for me. The gift included 1...