by Jenn Soehnlin | Aug 16, 2019 | Hope, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
This special needs parenting journey can be challenging, lonely, and isolating. I remember begging God to send me a new friend and a supportive community who could be my companions on this painful journey I was traveling.The first supportive communities I found were...
by Key Ministry | Aug 15, 2019 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry
Since I’ve become legally blind, I read a lot of scripture with a different “eye.” No, not just because Siri reads it to me. There are characters in scripture who I relate to in a totally new way, like Bartimaeus the blind man. I resonate with his desperate desire to...
by John Fela (Felageller) | Aug 14, 2019 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
My son has a consistent habit of opening up the closet where the cleaning supplies are kept in our home. We know the sound of the old wood door being jostled open, like a staple of the background noise in our home. Many times we just ignore it, but at least once a day...
by Brandon Appelhans | Aug 13, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
Who is the weak one? What does it mean to need help? When are you enough? When are you “normal?” Whenever a group or congregation is talking about mental illness, there is a tendency to help the helpless. We want to do something to help, and we know the people who...
by Mark Arnold | Aug 12, 2019 | Autism, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Have you ever played poker? Maybe you’ve played recreationally, as I have, perhaps using tokens, matchsticks, or chocolates for the ‘stake?’ Maybe you’re a more serious poker player, with higher level stakes? Or maybe you’ve never played the game at all....
