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You are part of a growing community of organizations who believe in God’s life-changing power to bring comfort and strength in your adversity. Together, we want to join you in Kingdom-purposed adventures that include disabilities. We celebrate that God’s fingerprints are all over you and your and family.
Our team collaborates with a growing network of organizations dedicated to strengthening your family.
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PARENTS
- A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically or Chronically Ill Children by Jolene Philo
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss
- Angels & Idols by Regie Hamm
- Bella’s Gift by Rick Santorum
- Boundless Hope for Every Child by Kim Botto
- Dancing With Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free by Emily Colson
- Discipline that Connects with Your Child’s Heart by Jim & Lynne Jackson
- Faith at Home Revealed: An Inside Look at Churchgoing Parents by Mark Holmen
- Faith Begins at Home by Mark Holmen
- Get Your Joy Back by Laurie Wallin
- How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
- No More Peanut Butter Sandwiches by Jeff Davidson
- Perfect: Sacred Stories from the Heart of a Dadby John Wagner
- Raising the Perfectly Imperfect Childby Boris Vujicic and Nick Vujicic
- Refresh: Spiritual Nourishment for Parents of Children with Special Needs by Kimberly M. Drew and Jocelyn Green
- Same Lake, Different Boat by Stephanie O. Hubach
- Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families: The Five Love Languages for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities by Jolene Philo
- Special Needs Parenting: From Coping to Thriving by Lorna Bradley
- Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression by Gillian Marchenko
- Sun Shine Down: A Memoir by Gillian Marchenko
- The Life We Never Expected by Andrew and Rachel Wilson
- The Spiritual Art of Raising Children with Disabilities by Kathleen Bolduc
- Unbroken Faith: Spiritual Recovery for the Special Needs Parent by Diane Dokko Kim
- Unexpected Blessings by Sandra Peoples
- Uncommon Man, Extraordinary Call by Jeff & Becky Davidson
- Wrestling With an Angel: A Story of Love, Disability, and the Lessons ofGrace by Greg Lucas
CHILDREN | SIBLINGS
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- Al Capone Does My Shirts (Tales from Alcatraz Series) by Gennifer Choldenko
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss
- Annie’s Message by Diane Smit
- I Have Needs Too! Supporting the Child Whose Sibling has Special Needs by Elizabeth Batson
- Jesus, Let’s Talk by Lisa Jamieson
- Just the Way I Am by Krista Horning
- Sibshops: Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs by Don Meyer and Patricia Vadasy
- Sophie Gets Real by Nancy Rue
- Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disabilityby Mary McHugh
- Views from Our Shoes: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister with Special Needs by Donald Meyer
MENTAL HEALTH | DEPRESSION | TRAUMA
- Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakasawa
- Does My Child Have PTSD? by Jolene Philo
- Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical & Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness by Matthew Standord
- Mental Health & the Church by Dr. Steven Grcevich
- Parenting from the Inside Out: 10th Anniversary Edition by Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis, David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine
- Too Scared to Cry: How Trauma Affects Children…and Ultimately Us All by Lenore Terr
- Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline,
- Wounded Children, Healing Homes: How Traumatized Children Impact Adoptive and Foster Families by Jayne Schooler
SUFFERING | GRIEF
- Aching Joy: Following God through the Land of Unanswered Prayer by Jason Hague
- Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss
- Beside Bethesda: 31 Days Toward Deeper Healing by Joni Eareckson Tada
- Choosing to See by Mary Beth Chapman
- Collision with Joy by Melody Richards
- Disability & The Sovereign Goodness of God by John Piper (FREE DOWNLOAD)
- Grief: Walking with Jesus (31-Day Devotionals for Life) by Robert Kellemen
- Holding On to Hope: A Pathway through Suffering to the Heart of God by Nancy Guthrie
- How Can God Be Sovereign and Good and Allow Suffering? from “Ask Pastor John” Podcast
- Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings by L.B. Cowman
- The Beyond Suffering Bible (New Living Translation)
- When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steve Estes
- When Your Rope Breaks by Ruth Graham, Jerry Sittser and Joni Eareckson Tada
MARRIAGE
- Awaken Love by Ruth Buezis
- Joni and Ken: An Untold Love Story by Joni Eareckson Tada and Ken Tada
- Marriage Makeover: Minor Touchups to Major Renovations by George Kenworthy
- Married with Special-Needs Children: A Couples’ Guide to Keeping Connected by Laura Marshak
- Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
- Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman
- Thriving Despite a Difficult Marriage by Michael Misja PhD. And Chuck Misja PhD.
AGING
- Dementia: Living in the Memories of God by John Swinton
- Second Forgetting: Remembering the Power of the Gospel During Alzheimer’s Disease by Dr. Benjamin Mast