by Jolene Philo | Feb 22, 2021 | Hope, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
““Jesus cares about the small things.”” I could almost hear the voice speaking into my heart. That was weird for me because I can count on one hand the number of times when God has spoken to me that manner. The number ticked up by one while I read John 2:1-12 during...
by Jolene Philo | Sep 28, 2020 | Church, Coronavirus, Special Needs Parenting
This text was the first in a long thread to lighten my spirit. The thread began the day before when a couple in our church small group sent devastating news about the death of their grand-baby. Our small groups members rallied around them. We sent encouraging words,...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | May 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Many of us are being asked, “How has social distancing and the quarantine impacted you?”For us, we had numerous ministry speaking opportunities and travel canceled. Meetings have gone from in person to Zoom. Church is now by Zoom. Additionally, this pandemic has...
by Jonathan McGuire | Oct 14, 2019 | Autism, Hope, Special Needs Parenting
I remember the moment perfectly. I was a counselor and was at a Burger King with a client when I heard the news about the planes hitting the twin towers in New York. The rest of that day, my role was to help my clients process their own fears as the news unfolded;...