by Jolene Philo | Dec 23, 2019 | Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Our first Christmas away from home was also my first one as a parent.My husband and I lived in a small, remote town. Our town was surrounded by ranches. Cattle and sheep outnumbered people by the thousands. Taking our sick and struggling baby to the doctor required a...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Dec 22, 2019 | Advocacy, Mental Health
It was a delight to run into Janet Parshall – a true champion for persons impacted by mental illness in the church – at the White House Summit on Mental Health. I was honored to have been invited this past Thursday to participate in the White House’s Mental Health...
by Hunter and Amberle Brown | Dec 19, 2019 | Depression, Mental Health, Strategies
In 1939, doctors and nurses across Germany were required to report data on patients with disabilities. Among other things, the Reich assessed how often these patients received visits and by whom. Over the next few years, 300,000 people with disabilities disappeared....
by Key Ministry | Dec 18, 2019 | Hope, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright… Except when Christmas isn’t. Calm and bright, that is. Christmas is a blessed time, but it can also be a time of great stress for families, special needs families included. As I’ve been meditating...
by Key Ministry | Dec 17, 2019 | Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, Trauma
Since 2005, I have served on my church staff to provide clinical mental health counseling services to our congregation and others in our area. Over the years, I have known people who wanted counseling but couldn’t get it, and others who had access to counseling but...
