by Catherine Boyle | Jul 11, 2019 | Catherine Boyle, Church Support, Mental Health
Have you ever thought you understood one thing, only to realize later you totally misunderstood? There may have been no malice on your part, you just had limited understanding of what you were seeing. You didn’t know what you didn’t know.Some of my favorite movies are...
by John Fela (Felageller) | Jul 10, 2019 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Last summer I wrote a blog post and did a Facebook Live video for Not Alone discussing our family’s recent foray into the world of camping. When I shared our reasons for trying this particular kind of vacation, I explained how challenging traveling with our autistic...
by Key Ministry | Jul 9, 2019 | Advocacy, Church Support, Families, Inclusion
Where do people who have profound intellectual impairments fit in the Church? Does it even matter if they go to church? Do they belong there? Does God have a plan and a purpose for their lives (Jeremiah 29:11), the way I believe He does for mine? As a young mom of...
by Evana Sandusky | Jul 8, 2019 | Church, Down syndrome, Special Needs Parenting
A few years ago, I volunteered in the children’s ministry at my church. Most of the time, the volunteers were busy serving the children. There were a few opportunities during the class for the volunteers to chit-chat. Working with the children was easy. The adult...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Jul 8, 2019 | Controversies, Key Ministry, Mental Health
The featured article in this month’s Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) is titled LGBT Youth, Mental Health, and Spiritual Care: Psychiatric Collaboration With Health Care Chaplains. As one of a very small number of...