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My Sister, Gay’s, Fifth Installment: Stepping Out On the Water February 23, 2012

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Someone Comes Along February 17, 2012

Every now and then, someone comes along who changes everything. I was in my late twenties when a woman I’d come to know through my aerobics class then a small Sunday school class came up to me and said with a gentle firmness, “God is calling me to support you in ministry.” It was the [...]

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My Sister Gay’s Fourth Installment: “Like Sunlight Burning at Midnight” February 13, 2012

First Installment: Meet My Sister Second Installment: The Functioning Years Third Installment: The Maelstrom From Gay’s heart to yours… Gregg Taylor, my pastor and sweet, sweet friend, said in a sermon one night at Mercy Street that “the person who has a WHY to live can bear with almost any HOW.” He was quoting Victor [...]

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Support through peer training

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Kristine

My personal prayer is that my own willingness to give and to adapt will come back to me now (a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over…Luke 6:38) as I prepare to put my own special needs child into a regular education classroom.

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Healing Through Fiction

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Kristine

One of the best ways I have dealt with the news of my son’s diagnosis, is through story.

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The Stranger

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Kristine

Literature can be a powerful tool for teaching children how to view the world through spiritual lenses. I bring a stack of books home from the library every week to read with my children and sometimes I find a real gem for teaching moral or spiritual lessons. One week I chose a book by Chris Van Allsburg titled The Stranger.

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