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…
My younger son James has nine more hours of school left (he goes three hours a day for three day a week). And then–it’s game on. We’ll start our routine of making popsicles, playing in the pool, swinging, going for walks, finding new parks, picking tomatoes, visiting the library, and counting down the days until…
I’ve been homesick lately. Not just for my family, but for the town where I grew up. A town of about 22,000 people in southern Oklahoma was home for me, my mom, my grandpa, and my great-grandparents. Four generations of my family had lived there. My high school was my mom’s high school and my…
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…
Lee and I are trying to give our boys a big world view. We want them to love and reach the nations. We’re even okay with them growing up to be missionaries. That’s why we start each day by praying through Operation World. Operation World gives facts about each country in the world and lists prayer requests for…