Mar 29, 2010 Posted by Jolene

How to Pray When Your Child Has Special Needs: Part 4

The previous posts in this series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) focused on how to pray for your child with special needs. In this final post in the series, we’ll explore ways parents can pray for themselves. Pray for the Fruits of the Spirit Remember the list of fruits of the Spirit and character traits listed in Part 1 of this series? You know, the... read more

Mar 26, 2010 Posted by Jolene

How to Pray When Your Child Has Special Needs: Part 3

In the previous posts in this series, I briefly described how I prayed scripture for Allen, my son, during his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). WebTV4Women Radio Interview with Linda Goldfarb Instead of writing the whole story here, which would make this a ten part series, I encourage you to listen to Linda Goldfarb’s recent... read more

Mar 24, 2010 Posted by Jolene

How to Pray When Your Child Has Special Needs: Part 2

The first post in this series discussed general ways to pray for kids with special needs. As promised the second post provides specific ideas of how and what to pray. How to Pray Finding time to pray while caring for a child with special can be almost impossible. Nevertheless, God commands us to pray, and whatever he commands us to do, he also... read more

Mar 22, 2010 Posted by Jolene

How to Pray When Your Child Has Special Needs: Part 1

If you’re the parent of a child with special needs, you may have questions about how to pray for your child. This four part series will suggest ways to pray for a child whose future may look quite different from that of a typical kids. Different Prayers How to pray depends, in some measure, upon your child’s condition or prognosis. Your... read more

Oct 11, 2009 Posted by Jolene

Nine Ways to Live Triumphantly…Audio Version

A few weeks ago Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, a website for chronically ill adults, asked me to participate in her Invisible Illness Week Web Seminar. She wanted me to encourage chronically ill parents who have special needs kids. I felt a little funny addressing those parents since I don’t have a chronic illness. But since my dad was... read more