by Lisa Jamieson | Dec 3, 2019 | Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development, Worship
The bustle of Christmas and the Advent season are felt deeply in the offices of churches and Christian ministries around the world. In the midst of planning services, putting on choir concerts, and hosting women’s teas, there are hospital calls, pastoral visits and...
by Key Ministry | Nov 26, 2019 | Mental Health, Spiritual Development
“Be careful who you are attached to.” I am hearing this more these days. Hopefully all of us have life-giving people we are attached to, but sometimes we find out the hard way the destructiveness of certain attachments. We all may have experienced them—those...
by Key Ministry | Nov 21, 2019 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
I was working in a college with a class of special needs students who were learning to socialize and to be more independent. The beginning of the day involved arriving, hanging up their own coats, putting away their lunch boxes and making their own drinks. They then...
by Key Ministry | Oct 17, 2019 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
Many of us who are in churches that trace their heritage to the Protestant Reformation know how pivotal of a role the book of Galatians played in the Reformation era. The Reformers repeatedly drew upon the argument of the apostle Paul in Galatians to contest some of...
by Catherine Boyle | Oct 8, 2019 | Autism, Mental Health, Spiritual Development
My anorexia took everyone by surprise. For me, it was a monster that seemingly came out of nowhere, sharpening the focus of life into the narrow pursuit of thinness.Looking back, almost forty years later, it’s amazing how mental health issues have impacted nearly...
by Lamar Hardwick | Oct 3, 2019 | Church Support, Special Needs Ministry, Spiritual Development
One of the most challenging responsibilities of the local church is to be a place where authentic, relevant, and transforming conversations can take place. The church should be the center for conversation about God, faith, love, hope, justice, and reconciliation. This...
