In the shadow of special needs
In nearly everything our family does, we have to consider our son Liam’s disability first. But too often that makes Liam the main focus while our ...
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Discovering God’s plan for your parenting I
God has a plan to teach you – through your children! Gary Thomas reviews challenges like parental guilt and failure, and why we need to have ...
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Thursday, 15th Aug 2019
A Wife and Mother’s Role
Previous article in this series Conquering communication It wasn’t until our second child was born that we realised how different raising her was ...
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Did Mummy paint the sky?
The sunset was as brilliant as any I’d ever seen. Hues of red and gold blazed above the mountains as the light faded. I pulled the car to a stop to ...
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Am I doing enough for my child with special needs?
“Are you bringing Polly back to reading class next semester?” The teacher looks kindly on me as I stumble through my response. “Um, no, not ...
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Conquering communication
Previous in this series Stress and Conflict One of the greatest frustrations in caring for a special needs child or adult is the difficulty of trying ...
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Following the Lord’s plan
Previous in this series Romance and Intimacy Life isn’t fair If we live long enough, we’ll experience joy and laughter, sorrow and pain. There is ...
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Special needs and marriage
God gives us a biblical perspective for building oneness in marriage: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his ...
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Ten for twenties II
As parents of young adults, we want to help them take hold of their faith and make it their own. Combined with some very important life skills our ...
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Saturday, 10th Aug 2019
Decoding how to talk to your children
I will never forget a car ride I shared with my 4 year old daughter, Kara. Usually talkative and inquisitive, that day she looked straight out the ...
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How to engage a teen wrestling with faith
My eyes unexpectedly caught a colourful, professionally printed poster hanging in church: “Atheists have a national holiday!” Then I read the ...
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Caring for children and elderly parents simultaneously
Question: Should we be considering the possibility of taking my ageing mother into our home while we're still in the process of raising three kids? ...
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