At the end of my talk on Wednesday I asked for prayer for three things: 1. For Bethlehem, that we would recognize all people have gifts and we would welcome all. 2. That God would bring more helpers for our disability ministry – from sign language interpreters to classroom 1-1 aides to the host of [...]
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God kindly answers prayers
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“We know that God’s Word is always, always, always, true.” Jan Lacher
Posted in Prayer Requests, Quotes on September 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Our friends, Jan and Mark Lacher, received a new diagnosis for their youngest son recently: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. It is a catastrophic epilepsy with no cure. Here is a portion of their email, which I am using with Jan’s permission. Please read it – especially linger over the last paragraph – and marvel at God’s sustaining [...]
Conference on Disability and the Bible
Posted in Prayer Requests, Special Events on September 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Since it made the list of upcoming events in the Desiring God National Conference booklet, I’m assuming its ok to make this public! Lord willing, on November 8, 2012 Desiring God will be hosting a one-day conference on the Bible and disability. Please be in prayer about all the preparations that must be made. More than [...]
Please pray for the Desiring God National Conference: Finish the Mission
Posted in Prayer Requests, Special Events on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday we’re welcoming about 3,000 people to the Minneapolis Convention Center for the Desiring God National Conference. The topic is on missions – this is a massively important conference! There are hundreds of millions of people around the world who are disabled – when we add in their families and caretakers, the numbers of [...]
These are the men who will tell me the truth about God
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I spent a wonderful two hours with the first-year students in the Bethlehem Seminary on Wednesday. Yes, I was talking about disability and some of the hards things associated with it. And also about God’s word. I love how the Bible is full of God’s pointing us to his glory through disability! It was easy [...]
Pray for our disability ministry programs – we all need it!
Posted in Prayer Requests on September 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday schools and other programs are starting up again at Bethlehem in a couple of weeks, which means volunteers are being recruited and trained for all that’s happening. Brenda Fischer, our disability ministry coordinator, and her site leaders are working with more than 50 volunteers (so far)! Most are working with individual children as one-to-one [...]
The horrors of sin and the greatness of God
Posted in News, Prayer Requests on July 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The horrors of 163,000,000 girls being aborted, as Pastor John reported yesterday, are beyond human comprehension. At least beyond my comprehension – I can’t begin to understand a number that large. But God does. He has perfect knowledge of more than 6.9 billion people. And he knows every one of us more intimately than we [...]
Pray for Pastors Experiencing Disability
Posted in Prayer Requests on June 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Several times in the past week I’ve either interacted with or heard about pastors who are experiencing disability in their families. Whether experiencing disability in themselves or in a family member, those pastors live in even more of a fish-bowl than most people. My struggles, discouragement and disappointment related to disability happen in the relative [...]
Thank you to our volunteers!
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pastor John rightfully mentioned Brenda Fischer, the Disability Ministry Coordinator at Bethlehem, during his sermon on John 9:1-4. She is a tremendous gift to Bethlehem and to dozens of families like ours! And she is the first to say that the only reason it happens is because God gives her strength and God gives her [...]
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God’s gift of friendship through suffering and prayer
Posted in commentary, Prayer Requests on November 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace. In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Psalm 86:6-7 ESV) A little boy we know is having exploratory surgery today. He lives with a persistent condition that is as yet undiagnosed. His parents are wonderful; [...]
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