by Catherine Boyle | Dec 21, 2023 | Disability Ministry, Mental Health Ministry, Podcast
This blog post and podcast episode are being published shortly before Christmas, 2023. I love the Christmas music that is sung and shared this time of year. Recently, one song in particular got me thinking about Jesus’ mother Mary. Do you think Mary realized that in...
by Shannon Blosser | Dec 12, 2023 | Autism, Church Support, Spiritual Development
My family has a running joke that I am the epitome of Clark Griswold. I have the tendency to get myself injured in some outlandish ways—ask me sometime how I injured my knee delivering a children’s sermon. I also have the ability to run into almost every obstacle...
by Evana Sandusky | Dec 11, 2023 | Caregiving, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
No one on this earth knows how to give better than a mother.As soon as that little one takes occupancy in the womb, the mother gives of her body in ways that are not quite understood until it is experienced. The body changes dramatically over months, never to be quite...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Dec 19, 2022 | Medically Fragile, Mental Health, Spiritual Growth
As the days drew nearer to His birth, Mary found herself in a time of waiting. Could she have understood what it meant to carry the Christ-child? Humbly, she endured the looks and speculations of others—perhaps including Joseph. Even still, they persevered and...
by Evana Sandusky | Dec 5, 2022 | Caregiving, Medically Fragile, Special Needs Parenting
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. I enjoy decorating our home and setting up the Christmas trees. I love unboxing our ornaments and placing them on the tree. Each ornament displays different aspects of our life as a family over the...
