by Catherine Boyle | May 18, 2023 | Announcements, Mental Health, Podcast
Are you interested in being part of a new Key Ministry initiative? Learn how you can help us create and launch mental health small groups for families with disabilities, in collaboration with Fresh Hope for Mental Health. Listen now in your favorite podcast app! Quick...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | May 7, 2023 | DATC2023, Disability Ministry, Mental Health
In this talk from Disability and the Church 2023, Dr. Steve Grcevich discussed topics and trends he observes in the medical and mental health professions likely to impact the disability ministry community and shared ideas for how the individual Christians and the...
by Joanna French | Apr 25, 2023 | Disability Ministry, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
Four years. I didn’t realize it, but, looking through my Facebook memories today, it was plain as day. Had I known on April 2nd, 2019, that it would be my last pain-free day, I wonder what I would have done differently. Would I have called in to work, pulled my...
by Catherine Boyle | Apr 20, 2023 | DATC2023, Mental Health, Podcast
In today’s podcast episode, Catherine interviews Rachael Newham from Kintsugi Hope, a UK-based mental health ministry that has developed a theology of mental health, and is spearheading a mental health friendly church project. Listen now in your favorite podcast app!...
by Jenn Soehnlin | Jan 30, 2023 | Mental Health, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
When my kids were about two and four, I joined a MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) group. I was excited to have childcare provided, a break from all the therapies, and to have adult conversations with other moms.At the beginning of the first meeting, we were supposed to...
by Joanna French | Jan 10, 2023 | Church Support, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health
I do not mask as much at church anymore.Today I stood having a conversation with some church friends. I subconsciously began rocking and petting my hair. Having no context for what it looked like to them, the conversation stopped. Noticing the lull, I looked up. They...
