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When the Grief of Disability Caregiving Threatens to Break You

When the Grief of Disability Caregiving Threatens to Break You

When the grief of caregiving pushes you to your breaking point, what can you do? Jolene Philo shares how she is learning to focus on today.

God's Answer to How Long It Will Take

God's Answer to How Long It Will Take

How long did it take?” Isn’t that always the question? How long will it take to lose the weight, or experience financial freedom, or feel peace in my relationship? My post today is for those of you who may be saying, “How long will (fill in the blank with the type of deliverance you need) take?”

Caring for Children with Disabilities As Spiritual Practice

Caring for Children with Disabilities As Spiritual Practice

The interviewer asked how caregiving impacted Marjorie’s spiritual journey, and what spiritual practices she found most helpful. With a laugh, Marjorie responded that caring for her mother and mother-in-law was her spiritual practice. What she said hit me like a thunderbolt: for 25 years, caring for my son, Joel, who has autism, was my spiritual practice.

The Prayers That Make God Sweat

The Prayers That Make God Sweat

What kind of faith do you have right now, is it sustaining faith, or mustard seed faith? A guest pastor challenged us on the quality of our faith and the nature of our prayers. He pointed out that we may ask God for what we need, but not our deepest desires. He then put forth this question, “Do your prayers make God sweat?”

Finding Community as a Special Needs Parent

Finding Community as a Special Needs Parent

In a Bible story, four men experienced a similar trial, but they weren’t alone. They could each relate to the physical, emotional and spiritual pain the others were experiencing; they found each other for support. They understood each other better than anyone else could.