Our new Bible study for special-needs parents is oh-so-close to being available on Amazon! Do you want to be one of the first to get a copy? A free copy? How about two free copies? Here’s how: Special-needs parents are called to walk a difficult path, but we aren’t called to walk it alone. In…
This is James on his birthday last year: And this is James this year, taken on his first day of kindergarten a couple weeks ago: I wanted to take him for another birthday photo shoot today and list his favorite things, but they are all the same. Even things I didn’t put on there are…
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was enacted in 1975, just two years before my sister with Down Syndrome was born. Public Law 94-142 was still new to our small town in Oklahoma when my mom sat down for her first IEP meeting in 1983, when it was time for my sister to start…
I got to know Amy Fenton Lee through her special needs ministry site, The Inclusive Church. I love reading her posts about special needs ministries around the country and what works for them. She has a passion for children with special needs, their families, and the growing number of churches who serve them. Thanks to…
Six years ago this month, I walked across the stage at my seminary graduation. I was pregnant at the time and whispered to my sweet baby James, “This chapel is filled with professors, authors, preachers, teachers, and missionaries. These are the world changers, baby, and you’re going to be one too.” When we got his…
I released Speechless: Finding God’s Grace in My Son’s Autism in 2011. The book is about our experiences in the first year after James’s autism diagnosis. Since it’s only about the first year, I often get questions about life for us since then. I wanted to take time to answer a few of those all…