by Key Ministry | Sep 8, 2020 | Mental Health, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
My husband has advanced dementia. We have had a lot of support from family, friends and our church. People are kind and caring. They want to offer help. I couldn’t manage without them. Everyone I meet is concerned and sympathetic. Many people I meet also want to...
by Sandra Peoples | Sep 7, 2020 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us …” Heb. 12:1In this marathon of life, we all have...
by Key Ministry | Sep 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, Mental Health, Special Needs Parenting
Full disclosure: I sat down to work on this blog with absolutely no clue what I was going to write about. I have been numb with depression lately. Except on those days when I am energized by anger. Neither are exactly helpful for stirring up the creative juices. Some...
by Catherine Boyle | Sep 3, 2020 | Church Support, Mental Health, Training Events
My paternal grandfather was a pastor. He and my grandmother were both second generation Americans. They got married in 1927, had four kids, and ultimately settled in western Virginia after living in Cincinnati and Chicago. My grandmother raised those...
by Evana Sandusky | Sep 2, 2020 | Down syndrome, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
On a hot summer’s day, my brother walks through a vast field with corn standing taller than he. At a specific spot, he tears off an ear of corn and starts counting the kernels he finds. From samples he pulls, he will then calculate the potential yield for his crop.My...
