by Key Ministry | Oct 8, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Special Needs Parenting
I live in Florida. I was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale. I always loved that time of year when the weather started to change cooler and we were able to “fall back.” We could turn our clocks back one hour, usually in October each year. I loved getting...
by Stephanie McKeever | Oct 5, 2018 | Challenges, Grief
Grief is a funny thing. It’s never when you think it should come. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it. Sometimes, it’s when you’re putting dishes away. Others, it comes as a flood in the Target grocery aisle for what seems no reason at all....
by Lamar Hardwick | Oct 4, 2018 | Autism, Church Support, Special Needs Ministry
One day a philosophy professor began his class lecture by placing a glass jar on a table and filling it with large rocks. After filling the jar with rocks, he asked the class full of curious students if the jar was full. The class unanimously agreed that the jar was...
by Key Ministry | Oct 3, 2018 | Autism, Challenges, Grief, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
What in this realm can satisfy our universal thirst for health and wholeness? We simply cannot find it. Not amid volcanoes and cancers, blizzards and bereavements, cold-blooded cruelty and violent indifference. Here, we find rejection that leads to addiction, and...
by Key Ministry | Oct 2, 2018 | Church Support, Families, Inclusion, Special needs siblings
My husband and I have three children in their twenties. Our youngest, Carly, has Angelman Syndrome. She is a delightful young lady who has always loved to be part of worship services with us. Though she is not verbal, she worships heartily, often with her whole body...