What should I do if my church doesn’t have a special needs ministry?
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What should I do if my church doesn’t have a special needs ministry?

  When we got our son’s autism diagnosis in 2010, there was no special-needs ministry at our church. Because my husband was the pastor, we couldn’t go to the big church in the next town that did have a great disability ministry. We had to hope and pray church members would step up and take…

How James’s Autism Changed Everything—Including Our Church

I am very excited about being featured at Christianity Today’s women’s site, her.meneutics sharing about how James’s autism diagnosis changed everything, including our church. Here’s an excerpt: We now see the special needs community as an unreached people group. Too many of these families have been hurt by churches that turned them away either by…

On Preparing Our Kids for Their Future (which may include persecution)

On Preparing Our Kids for Their Future (which may include persecution)

The 4th of July brought more pessimism than patriotism this year. I saw posts on Facebook about our religious liberties being stripped away and how we should fear for our children’s futures. Because Lee and I traveled to China last year, we know a little about countries that lack religious freedoms. We couldn’t carry Bibles into the…