Caregiving, Challenges, Hope, Living Life Daily, Love, Marriage, Special Needs Parenting
Cindi Ferrini
Moms: When Do We Get to Celebrate?

Moms: When Do We Get to Celebrate? Celebration for moms is scheduled in May; but I’m wondering when does it really happen? Cindi Ferrini writes about Mother’s Day and how to celebrate moms to kids with special needs.

Moms: When Do We Get to Celebrate?
Caregiving, Challenges, Living Life Daily, Love, Hope, Special Needs Parenting
Evana Sandusky
When Moms Need Correction

Evana Sandusky writes about her experience receiving correction as a special needs mother, and explains why gentle correction may be more important than we think.

When Moms Need Correction
Adoption, Caregiving, Challenges, Grief, Hope, Living Life Daily, Marriage, Love, Special Needs Parenting
Key Ministry
Darkness to Light

Joel Sheagren writes on the intersection of his 30-year career in film-making and his parenting journey, as he parents a son with FASD.

Darkness to Light
Caregiving, Challenges, Church, Hope, Marriage, Love, Scripture, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Growth
Key Ministry
What If My Family Doesn't Fit at Church?

What DO you do when a child works harder to escape a room than he does work the puzzles at the table? How can you possibly know where the boundaries should be with a child who inherently has none? Where is the line between nurturing and structure? While there aren’t clear answers to these questions, there IS clear theology about our family’s place in the Body of Christ. Sherri Wirt writes a short devotional for special needs parents that feel they don’t fit at church.

What If My Family Doesn't Fit at Church?
Autism, Caregiving, Challenges, Living Life Daily, Special Needs Parenting, Summer Vacation
Jolene Philo
My Favorite Vacation Planning Tips for Special ...

Jolene Philo gives 10 vacation planning tips for families with special needs! Jolene Philo will be speaking at Disability & the Church 2024 in Orlando, FL May 1-3! Go to www.keyministry.org/datc2024 to register now.

My Favorite Vacation Planning Tips for Special Needs Families

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Haircut, Sir?

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Haircut, Sir?

My son James has his hair cut about four or five times a year. As long as we keep to a routine, all is fine. Any change would be enormously difficult for him, and therefore for us. The reason I share James’ haircut story is to illustrate that routine and familiarity are fundamentally core to the coping mechanisms of many children and young people with additional needs. And just like the routines followed by special needs families, churches have opportunities to make similar choices regarding children and young people with disabilities in church-based work as well.

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New Year’s Freedom from a Post-Holiday Funk

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New Year’s Freedom from a Post-Holiday Funk

For several years, a part of me dreaded the holiday season. By January 2nd—and sometimes long before that—I was exhausted, depressed and racked with guilt feelings for being self-centered and dragging others down with me. Thankfully, God has provided some tools that are softening the edges of my emotions and keeping me more mentally positive. I’m grateful to be learning about things that give me victory over the shadows.

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When There's No Visible Exit from your Trial

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When There's No Visible Exit from your Trial

The problem I seem to have in trials is that I want them over with quickly. The end of the trial seems to be the focus of my prayers. Then one day, a friend prayed with me in a way I never had.