Naturally Inclusive
Naturally Inclusive by Ruth Wilson is an excellent resource for parents and educators looking for practical advice on helping young people with disabilities to connect with the natural world.
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An Extraordinary Life
nspired by the life of and love for her brother born with Down syndrome, author Rhoda G. Penny weaves together a fictionalized, but genuine, account of the challenges and triumphs of a family touched by this disability.
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Sparks of Redemptive Grace
Sparks of Redemptive Grace: Seeking and Seeing God Amid a Loved One’s Mental Illness offers, to those who love someone with a mental illness, hope and companionship on the journey.
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Madness
Madness: American Protestant Responses to Mental Illness, by Heather Vacek (Baylor University Press, 2015), examines the history of American attitudes and responses toward mental illness over three centuries.
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Deaf Ministry
In Deaf Ministry: Ministry Models for Expanding the Kingdom of God, Leo Yates offers a plethora of suggestions, examples and ideas, worth the investment for anyone engaged in or seriously considering any aspect of Deaf Ministry.
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Chasing the Rabbit
n Chasing the Rabbit, Derek Volk’s soul-baring transparency offers a window into a world that will resonate deeply with the intensity, challenges, and triumphs that parents of children on the autism spectrum know intimately, even though details will inevitably differ.
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The Prince Who Was Just Himself
The colorfully detailed illustrations make this a good book for reading aloud to a group of children. Information about Down syndrome at the end adds useful content.
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Teachers of the Soul
David Gullman has written an appealing new book that weaves together personal stories and reflection on the transformation that can occur when we welcome people with developmental disabilities into our lives and our faith communities.
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Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship
Accessible Gospel, Inclusive Worship, by Barbara Newman offers a plan, or process, for including people with disabilities in the church setting.
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Blessed Are the Crazy
In her recently released book, Blessed are the Crazy: Breaking the Silence about Mental Illness, Family and Church, Sarah Griffith Lund reveals her own family’s devastating experiences with mental illness, and her personal search for spiritual truth.
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Pastors and Depression
For many pastors, depression can be a companion that accompanies their ministry in secrecy and shame. As Gary Lovejoy points out in A Pastor’s Guide for the Shadow of Depression, one in seven pastors will experience depression while serving a congregation.
