Spiritual Growth

Faith, Fears, and New Year Planners

Faith, Fears, and New Year Planners

Evana Sandusky writes on the fears and faith she has for the New Year, as she reflects on a trip to buy a 2024 Yearly planner.

Just Go!

Just Go!

Seeing many of our friends on social media taking trips to Japan, Italy, France, Greece, Egypt, and all around the USA, keeps us ever mindful that our feet are firmly planted in the nation of “caring for special needs”. But what if if several couples take turns getting to know the needs of this family and meeting those needs, so you can make a “WEEKEND TO REMEMBER” happen for them?

Mothers: The Experts at Giving

Mothers: The Experts at Giving

No one on this earth knows how to give better than a mother. Mothers are experts on giving whether your child has special or medical needs or not. Mothers, I urge you to take time to give back to yourself in this Christmas season, to replenish your spirit. Here’s how that might be done.

Practicing Gratitude in Hard Seasons

Practicing Gratitude in Hard Seasons

 Only when challenges slap me upside the head do I return to practicing gratitude in hard seasons. I was about to tumble into a pit of depression––a condition that has rarely reared its ugly head in my life––when God brought to mind a practice my husband and I first used decades ago while caring for our son with special needs. Every day I have been practicing daily gratitude in a hard season. Finding reasons to be thankful instead of wallowing in the hard bits took some getting used to. But eventually I got the hang of it and ended up with a long list.

Serving with Thanksgiving

Serving with Thanksgiving

Our choosing to serve God must be taken seriously. We will have many opportunities in our everyday dealings to decide who we will serve. We must decide what, or to whom we will choose to serve, and how. We need help to choose His will over our own, because we know that He knows what is best for us. In this, we will have amazing gratitude because of what we’ve learned, how we’ve grown, and how we serve