faithfulness

The Password of Praise

The Password of Praise

One thing you can’t say about life with special needs children is that it’s uneventful. Recently I became aware that my posture in prayer and quiet time with God is heavily infused with petitions and supplications. Here’s how I shifted my attitude and focus.

A Prayer for Minimized Losses and Multiplied Gains During COVID-19

A Prayer for Minimized Losses and Multiplied Gains During COVID-19

Until God releases us from threats like COVID-19, my family is leaning hard into prayer. In many ways, we’re paraphrasing a very helpful prayer prayed over our daughter from so many years ago. I hope extended families, friends and churches will join us in praying this prayer, too.

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.

Tell Me The Old, Old Story

Tell Me The Old, Old Story

Telling stories of God’s ongoing faithfulness, of the people of God’s ongoing adventures with Him is important in our family life. The faith we have is not in a God who worked powerfully once upon a time in the past, but in a God who is living and active through the ages and today.