Where Church and Disability Meet – Resources
One of the greatest passions in my life is to see the Church embrace adults and children with disabilities. Not out of pity or out of service, but out of a genuine understanding, acceptance, and celebration of their life. It seems right to start this post with the...
The Church and Disability
I consider it an honor to be a pastor’s wife. It is a privilege to be allowed into people’s lives: their hurt, pain, devastation, joy, celebration, transformation. This Church, this body of Christ – with all of its broken pieces along with its many...
Mothers share the challenges and joys of raising a child with cerebral palsy
Raising a child with a disability is no easy task, there are challenges and joys in this journey. As we celebrate cerebral palsy day, here are the voices of four mothers, and what they would like you to know as they raise their children. “Elena is just a girl. A...
This Kind of Love
When my daughter was born with Down syndrome, I had a hard time loving her because of her diagnosis. She was sick, and at some point I wished for her to die. Thankfully, God had different plans for her…and for me. The sadness didn’t last long, because I...
Confessions of a special needs parent: I don’t want your pity
I carried my daughter with one arm, her arms wrapped tight around my neck. With my other arm I carried the double inner tube as we slowly made our way to the top of the water slide. My inner tube kept hitting yours, I know you were annoyed, and I apologize. It would...
Ellen Stumbo writes and speaks about finding beauty in brokenness with gritty honesty and openness. She's passionate about sharing the real – sometimes beautiful and sometimes ugly – aspects of faith, parenting, special needs, and adoption. Ellen’s writing has appeared on Focus on the Family, LifeWay, MomSense, Not Alone, Mamapedia and the Huffington Post.