by Sandra Peoples | Jun 3, 2019 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
I remember the day my older sister, who has Down syndrome, went down front at church and told the preacher she had accepted Jesus as her Savior. After a few more conversations, she was baptized. Faith, even childlike faith according to Matthew 18, is necessary, and...
by Catherine Boyle | May 30, 2019 | Abuse, Autism, Mental Health
Graduation season is a wonderful time of celebration: endings and new beginnings, sadness mixed with joy. Except that’s not the case for everyone. I know about this firsthand.Several years ago, about ten months before my son was diagnosed with autism, we came to the...
by Mark Arnold | May 22, 2019 | Autism, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
The Bible is full of stories about children and young people. Some of these stories are the most well-known of all: Mary, Joseph, David, Samuel, Esther, etc. Some are lesser known, more obscure, but none the less important: the widow’s son and Elijah, Naaman’s slave...
by Sarah Broady | May 17, 2019 | Autism, Rare Diagnosis, Special Needs Parenting
Stories. It’s the reason why we have libraries and blogs and magazines and newspapers. It’s the sole target of every journalist and news anchor—to get the story, and be the first to report it. Stories are why we are invested in social media: why we scroll...
by Catherine Boyle | May 14, 2019 | Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health
As I listened to one of my favorite podcasts, I heard a revered theologian—a completely rational man—talk about the significant spiritual warfare that had come against him in recent years, as well as at the time he became a follower of Christ. In the same week, I had...
by Key Ministry | May 13, 2019 | Autism, Special Needs Parenting
We have spent some of our Easter holiday digging a back garden pond – together! It’s been logistically complicated at times with lots of different needs to juggle. We ended up encouraging our youngest to bring out a trowel and paint brush to do some archaeology...
