This is the first day of my current series, From Hurting to Hopeful: The Path of Peter. You can still sign up here if you want to receive future devotions! The question Peter asked at the first Lord’s Supper is one we may still be asking now. Our family is currently church planting outside of…
2016 was a year we won’t soon forget! Here are some of the highlights and lessons learned. I started a new job with Key Ministry at the very end of 2015, so this was my first full year working for them. We brought over the writing team from Not Alone and we saw lots of growth…
It’s been a quiet month here on the blog, but you can find me writing at a couple other places this week: We talk a lot about how churches can bless special-needs families. But have you thought about all the ways special-needs families bless the churches they attend? I can think of four big ways…
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known…
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…
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…