by Key Ministry | Jan 24, 2018 | Autism, Church, Special Needs Parenting
I was a nervous wreck.Even more so than usual my family would say!In the last several years God has brought some healing and help to my anxiety issues but there is still work to be done. We are all a work in progress right?And while I was so excited thinking about...
by Sarah Broady | Nov 22, 2017 | Autism, Church, Special Needs Parenting
Her hand tightened the grip and playfully shook the hand of her son, who held onto her with one hand while the other flapped briefly a little mid-air. He rocked back and forth from one leg to the other while looking anywhere but right at us. Tears welled up in...
by Key Ministry | Oct 18, 2017 | Autism, Church, Special Needs Parenting
I can’t tell you how many times, over my 32 year journey with autism, I have returned to this quote for inspiration: On July 4, 1999, a twenty-minute maelstrom of hurricane force winds took down twenty million trees across the Boundary Waters. A month later, when I...
by Key Ministry | Sep 20, 2017 | Challenges, Church
I spoke at a Christian women’s conference last weekend. There were more than 600 women in attendance and as statistics would suggest, there were several women who parent kids with disabilities. We connected, we shared, we laughed, we cried together. Every time I...
by Key Ministry | May 17, 2017 | Autism, Church
I know it is going to be a long church service when we sit down in our seats and Joel refuses to take off his hat and coat. Not five minutes later he is saying, “it’s time to go.” This presents quite a problem, considering his dad and I are giving the talk that day....
by Key Ministry | Feb 1, 2017 | Church, Special Needs Parenting
One night I got a call from one of our staff members. He said a man who was serving on the drama team that night wanted to meet with me. I went down to meet with the gentleman, and when I saw him, I hoped I hadn’t done anything wrong because he was huge. At six feet,...
