by Key Ministry | Aug 2, 2019 | Challenges, Hope, Scripture
The saying goes, for those of us who live in snowy, winter climates, “There are only two seasons—winter and construction.” Funny and quite true I’m afraid. My youngest brother Donny joked about that recently. He, his wife and their four-year-old son were visiting from...
by Key Ministry | Jul 24, 2019 | Autism, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
This past weekend my husband and I spent a few restful days in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. A verdant land of rolling hills, miles and miles of three-rail fences, horse farms that look like something out of a fairytale, and sleek thoroughbreds grazing in the...
by Key Ministry | Jun 26, 2019 | Autism, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
I was in my mid-twenties, pregnant with our second son, a prodigal daughter far from the God I blessed every night in my childhood prayers. My world tipped on its axis when my father died at the age of 48. Seven months pregnant, I was afraid to grieve, afraid of...
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 Key Ministry | Feb 6, 2019 | Autism, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
My husband and I are on Isla Mujeres, a lovely jewel of an island off the coast of Mexico. It’s a long-awaited vacation—a time to rest and rejuvenate. We vacationed here, just the two of us, at the very beginning of our walk with our youngest son’s autism. Little did...
by Key Ministry | Feb 1, 2019 | Living Life Daily, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting
I love sharing the highs and lows of the special needs parents journey with other moms of faith. It’s so refreshing to talk about where we’ve been, what we’ve overcome, and even where we messed up but God’s grace brought us through. I was recently having...