by Key Ministry | May 10, 2019 | Autism, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! (She) will be standing firm like a flourishing treeplanted by God’s design,deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss,bearing fruit in every season of (her) life.Psalm 1:1a, 3a The Passion TranslationI woke up in a...
by Lamar Hardwick | May 9, 2019 | Church Support, Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry
After over eight years of serving an awesome, vibrant, and diverse congregation in Lagrange, GA my family and I followed the call to serve a new congregation and community in Atlanta. It was only one year into my tenure as pastor of my former church when I received my...
by John Fela (Felageller) | May 8, 2019 | Hope, Medically Fragile, Rare Diagnosis
I have always loved the month of April, and for lots of good reasons actually. First off, it is my birthday month, the beginning of spring—or fake spring as we Chicagoans like to say, and the month when two very special holidays usually take place. One is Easter of...
by Lisa Jamieson | May 7, 2019 | Advocacy, Church Support, Families
Circumstances involving disability, mental health, aging and caregiving are complicated. Individuals and special needs families face dilemmas with ethical or moral implications and those situations range beyond whether or not to have a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)...
by Sandra Peoples | May 6, 2019 | Autism, Down syndrome, Special Needs Parenting
I sat in my husband’s recliner reading a popular book for Christian women I had heard a lot about. Its message was one of grace and not expecting perfection from ourselves or others. But one of her illustrations caused me to put it down and not read another page.She...
