Almost all the help I’ve gotten in life was because I went after it. Sometimes I’ve felt like the woman who squeezed through the crowd to touch Jesus’ robe, desperate for healing and answers. Sometimes I’ve waited by the bulletin board at church, hoping someone would...
I read a book recently that was impressive to me. Uniquely Human is written about people who are autistic. However, my mind has been taking some of the ideas farther than autism. The book speaks of how autism therapy typically focuses on trying to eliminate the unique...
I recently attended two different meetings related to special needs. The specialed teachers’ meeting was held at the Newark, Michigan congregation- the first of its kind. There were 40- 50 special ed teachers in attendance from all over the US and Canada. One lecture...
It’s not our perfection that draws others – it’s our brokenness. And how we respond to brokenness. I think now with a rueful grin at the interactions between one set of close neighbors and our children during their growing up years. There were times the little...
I tire of working on myself, of striving to improve my emotional health. How I wish I could go to a retreat or conference and come back changed. A new, calm, content person. “What happened to you?” my friends would ask. “You suddenly seem so different.” Suddenly. Key...
Imagine life without bridges. There are all kinds of bridges, from the smallest culvert to the greatest engineering marvels that span miles of distance. There are bridges made to walk across, swinging, or fixed in place, or there may be just a slippery log or some...
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