There God's presence was vivid to me because each of us was worshiping in spirit and truth, according to our abilities which He created.

When we look into the eyes of another, especially if that person is our son or daughter, it changes us. We begin to understand what it means to be created in the image of God, to be fearfully and wonderfully made.

Chantal shares about her recent radio interview promoting Christian Horizons Family Retreat, which gets underway next week!

Just over a year ago we featured Eight Twenty Eight, a story of faith, love, and disability. It has since been published, and for the month of July the audiobook can be downloaded [Read More]

There is not a single soul that fits neatly into a box. Rather, each unit fits uniquely into a puzzle and each of us is necessary to complete the beautiful picture of community within God's creation.

No man, woman or child is an island, and we come to know faith through a community. It is this same community that welcomes us, by faith, through baptism.

When I approached her, she asked me what my dream was; I said, "I want to be a motivational speaker!" She replied, "So why aren’t you?" I proceeded to list off various obstacles including, lack of credentials, lack of an accessible vehicle and lack of an agent. To my surprise she did not offer me solutions. She said, "Great, you know what the problems are; now all you have to do is get a group of people together and find a way to solve them."

Does disability ministry require its own staff person or volunteers? Does it require its own room and time to meet? As a parent of two children with autism, I would just assume that any church that we attended would provide ministry even if there were no other children with special needs. It would never enter my mind that ministry would have to wait until “critical mass.” I am not criticizing churches that have organized disability ministries that have specific events for large groups of people with special needs. I am just saying that is not the only form of disability ministry.

What I am arguing is that in Western society even those of us who see ourselves as competent, mentally healthy adults who are fully in control of our rational capacities are influenced and inter-connected in many more ways that we would sometimes like to admit.

Passionate about serving God and children with special needs, Shelley and Deb began a rEcess ministry at their church, Kingsway Baptist. There, one Saturday evening a month, parents who have children with special needs are invited to drop off all of their children and go on a date to reconnect or simply have time to rest and recharge.