I am continuing to think about Special Needs. I shared some of the basis for understanding Special Needs here. How did Jesus interact and relate to those with special needs? Jesus gives us a model for how we are to interact. I decided to begin by looking at Jesus interactions with disabled or special needs in Luke. Knowing that Luke was a doctor made me think that he would have just a bit of that reflected in his writing. I…
Are you overwhelmed? What do you do when life is overwhelming? How do you handle things when you are despaired? Welcome to Chats over coffee. Grab a cup of coffee or tea if you prepare. I had a cup of black coffee in my Germany mug. I had planned to continue writing some of my thoughts about Special Needs and even had started a post. But this morning as I was studying 2 Corinthians in preparation for our autumn Bible…
I have been reading and thinking about Special Needs, parenting and the church. Friday is chats over coffee, which is a time that I write on a more personal note. So I share my thoughts or what is happening. I want it to be a time when you get to know me a bit more. I joined the special needs parents club 14 years ago. It wasn’t a club that I planned to join but I have to say that the…
It is hard to believe that it is the end of July. Where has the month gone? Where has the year gone? Here is a quick review of what happened in July. Miss K finished school and is enjoying her summer break. The weeks leading up to the end of school were challenging as we waiting to find out where she would have a school placement for autumn. (I won’t go into all the details but most of this has…
I recently posted on my Facebook page that I had finished reading this book. For my benefit as well as yours I will just summarise a bit of the book, Essentialism The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. As I review this, I will point out things that agree with the Bible or maybe where it disagrees. First impressions – The book was easy to read both in content and in font size, graphics, headings. Yes, the physical aspect of the book…