The Church can and should be a place where people can talk about the loss of their business, their frustration and confusion without being pressured to explain it.
Most Christian mission projects rely on Western support. As soon as a given nation or a critical part of a given society turns against the West, financial support will dry out or even criminalised.
Why neurodiverse children are often perceived to be able to ‘cope’ and be ‘fine’ at school, but can become overwhelmed by the time they get home.
The return to the new school year can be a time of great anxiety and stress for all children, and a challenging and difficult time for parents and carers too.
Siblings can really benefit from extra support but sometimes feel like they are not entitled to it because they are not the sibling with additional needs.
This isn’t anything to do with the war, other than that the number of ‘inmates’ has increased. This is the legacy of the old soviet system. We have to do something.
A survey shows that 73.1% of Danes see religion as a source of conflict, while only 8.4% believe it leads to peace.
Hopefully using this ideas at holiday club will encourage you to keep going with them when your children’s and youth work restarts in autumn term as well.
When we try to change a child with additional needs, we can end up losing their identity, all that makes them ‘them’.
The book provides a searching and honest analysis of the deep challenges faced by the church today, and a clear and hopeful vision for where we go next.
First and foremost, disabled people (of any age) have the right to use whatever words, labels, descriptions etc. that they feel are applicable for them.
We can be caught up all too easily in the frantic rush and busyness of life. There is a better way, His way, through which He gives us opportunities to rest in Him and just ‘be’.
The Jericho Foundation started in Edward Road Baptist church as a ‘jobs club’ for the vulnerable and excluded. In the last 15 years, it has directly supported over 8,000 people.
These 10 tips might be a helpful reminder of some things that we can all do to make summer holidays a little less stressful and a little more fun.
It might have been quite a while since we planned a day out. These tips can help you to plan for, and have a wonderful time in the longer, lighter, days ahead.
There are many Bible stories that the young people might be aware of around the themes that emerge from the film ‘CODA’.
We are all sensory creatures, exploring, understanding, and engaging with the world through all our many senses. This is just as true for someone who may have additional (special) needs as it is for anyone else.
We need a bit of cheering up and we all hope that this year might be the year that life can return to normal.
Those who suffer most in conflict zones are children and young people with additional needs and disabilities.
Let all of our interactions with children and young people with additional needs be honouring to them.
There are probably people in our churches today who have a personal history with Jesus we don’t know about.
The author hopes the book will encourage readers to think more about the next steps that we can all take together, to create a place of belonging and spiritual development for all.
Churches can become centres of excellence for the creative use of AI technology to support everyone, including disabled people, both in church and elsewhere.
A checklist of ideas to have a great, inclusive, start to the New Year in children’s and youth groups and to create a place where everyone belongs.
Some believe that “Europe cannot afford to dismiss energy sources” with low CO₂ emissions, but others warn that the decision of the European Union “is all about information for the capital markets”.
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