We need faith. Faith that His purpose and will for our lives and the lives of our children will be fulfilled. Faith that when doctors, therapist, teachers, and even friends and family members fail us, He never will. When we have meetings about James, I bring a binder full of information. Copies of therapy evaluations,…
I’ve been the guest blogger this month at Key Ministry’s blog, Church4EveryChild. I wrote on special-needs ministry, specifically in smaller churches. Here are the links and excerpts: Eight Outreach Events to Target (and Bless) Special-Needs Families: We see special-needs families as an unreached people group we plan to target. And like missionaries, we are taking…
We’re in week three of summer break so far, and having lots of fun! This is the first summer James hasn’t had summer school, therapy, or church activities to keep him busy (those would all be on my Plan A!). We have found plenty to do though! He went to a camp put on by…
Last weekend we had a couple over and we were talking about our new church. The husband looked at my husband and asked, “What do you mean when you say your church will be ‘special-needs friendly’?” It’s a good question. Last summer my family and I packed up everything we owned and moved from rural…
I’m sharing what I learned in May with the link-up on Emily’s site! Litsy is a new app that’s like Instagram + Goodreads. I haven’t been great at updating Goodreads, but I’m really enjoying Litsy. It would be more fun if you were on it too! (Also, the first couple times I shared it, I…
In chapter 6 of Acts the church was growing but one group was feeling neglected (the Hellenistic widows). The apostles weren’t doing it with malicious intent, they were simply so busy with the growth of church they didn’t notice. The issue was brought to the attention of the apostles and they responded by appointing men to meet…
