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Category Archives: Advocacy
How Parents Can Advocate Effectively for Traumatized Children
Because children with PTSD can’t advocate for themselves. They need us to be their voice when they are too small and too broken to advocate on their own behalf. This post discusses three skills parents must cultivate to be effective advocates for traumatized kids. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Hidden Disabilities, Mental Health, PTSD, Strategies
Tagged advocacy, Does My Child Have PTSD?, Jolene Philo, parent advocate, PTSD, trauma
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The obligation of church leaders who promote adoption
I’d like to challenge church leaders to assume responsibility for supporting their families when they pursue adoption ministry. Continue reading
Want an inclusion model for families of kids with mental illness? Come to Louisville!
I’d be delighted if you could join me and several excellent speakers in Louisville, KY on Saturday, November 7 as the Kentucky United Methodist Church Conference on Children’s and Family Ministry sponsors An Inclusive Children’s Ministry, a free, one day conference for children’s leaders and parents to learn how to make ministry to children inclusive of all children.
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Posted in Adoption, Advocacy, Families, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Training Events
Tagged ADHD, An Inclusive Children's Ministry, anxiety disorders, Asperger's Disorder, children's ministry, church attendance, Family Ministry, free ministry training, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Leanne Hadley, mental illness, ministry conferences, Nancy Newby, Sherri Stover
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What’s the data about special needs and abortion?
I do think we can say that babies with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome are nearly twice more likely to be aborted than others. That’s tragic. Continue reading
Our Gospel call to support a culture of life
The church is the embassy of the Kingdom of Christ, and the Kingdom is where the unborn are prayed over, where the widows are visited, where the orphan is adopted, and where the disabled and the “unwanted” are made heirs with Christ of the universe. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Key Ministry, Training Events
Tagged 2016 March for Life, abortion, culture of life, Disability Ministry, Emily Colson, ERLC, Evangelicals for Life, Focus on the Family, Key Ministry, physician-assisted suicide, Planned Parenthood, sanctity of life, Shannon Dingle, Southern Baptist Convention, Special Needs Ministry
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The Pope’s stop was a pro-life gesture
I want to make the distinction that I am pro-life like the Pope is pro-life – every stage of development, from womb to the tomb. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged abortion, Disability Ministry, Pope Francis, Pro-Life, Shannon Dingle, Special Needs Ministry
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Simply the right thing to do…
Can we still call ourselves churches if we don’t care enough about others to consider their lives and their needs? Or would it be more accurate to paint over “church” and replace it with “country club” or “social group” instead? Continue reading
Four advantages to family ministry when families are impacted by disability
When serving kids with disabilities, the church needs to rely on experts with the most understanding and experience of a child’s learning, communication styles and relationships…their parents! Continue reading
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