by Stephen Grcevich MD | Mar 10, 2020 | Controversies
LifeWay Research released the results of a study of 1,000 Protestant pastors and 1,002 Protestant churchgoers examining attitudes toward persons with disabilities and the supports churches provide to individuals with disabilities and their families. I found...
by Key Ministry | Mar 10, 2020 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
I was talking with my son who is well into his thirties about his old Sunday School teacher. He admitted that he can remember very little about what he did in her class. There was one session, though, that stuck in his mind. On Remembrance Sunday when he was five...
by Mark Arnold | Mar 9, 2020 | Hope, Special Needs Parenting
I’ve owned a Victorinox Swiss Army pocket knife like this since a school trip to Switzerland more years ago than I care to remember. Over all of those years I’ve used it a lot, or rather I’ve used most of it a lot.When I was looking at it a few days ago, something...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Mar 8, 2020 | Anxiety Disorders, Key Ministry, Mental Health
We’re busy preparing for a different type of epidemic in our practice than the one our pediatric hospitals are readying themselves for. Talk and preparation for the coronavirus will very likely exacerbate anxiety symptoms for many of the children we’re treating, and...
by Key Ministry | Mar 6, 2020 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Sunday morning. Five us gather around the kitchen table—me, Wally, our son Joel, and two friends, Ruthie and Cheryl. Lots of people come and go from Cloudland, our retreat center in southwest Ohio. Most of them stay in the Barn Studio, but close friends, like Ruthie...