For caregiving families, Christmas can bring moments of grief and jealousy. In this podcast, Sandra will walk you through how to respond to grief using Psalm 107 and talk about how to fight against jealousy. This Christmas isn’t going to go exactly the way you plan for it to go, but you can trust that God’s…
Christmas can be a hectic time for special-needs families. In this podcast series, Sandra will share Keys to a Calm Christmas to help you focus on what’s most important this holiday season. When you feel like you or your child isn’t meeting the expectations of others, what is your response? Is it shame? Embarrassment? Is…
I’ve been posting my reading lists since 2008. It’s fun to look back and see what I was reading at different times! I can see shifts from heavy theology (when I had just graduated from seminary), to lots of books on autism, to business and marketing books, to now mostly fiction. I still read…
When you think of the upcoming holidays, what words come to mind? Unfortunately for many of us, it’s likely words like stress, exhaustion, overspending, and family tension. But my prayer for this year is that we can get through Thanksgiving and Christmas with one word on our hearts—peace. Scripture talks about peace often. First,…
Over the summer, my side of the family went to Florida to celebrate my parents’ 45th wedding anniversary. My mom booked a photographer to take pictures of all of us. I prayed all day that it would go ok. I wasn’t asking for perfection—I was asking for good enough. Friends, it didn’t go well….
Looking for a Bible study especially for special-needs parents? On Oct. 7th, we’ll start our study through the book of Philippians in my Patreon community. For as little as $5 a month you’ll have access to this six-week study, a PDF of our spring study on the Fruit of the Spirit (PDF available Sept….
