If weakness is a gift, what kind of gift is it? Schumacher defines weakness as “the inability to act or produce an effect. In short, a weak person is one who cannot do things or make things happen. That’s us—weak.” (p. 15). Continue Reading →
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Are you enjoying life? What is biblical enjoyment, and how can we and those to whom we minister find it? So many people move robotically through life and are unsure they’ve ever really enjoyed it. We must understand enjoyment, choose it, and experience it in God’s ways. Continue Reading →
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By popular definition, a culture is a group of people who hold similar beliefs and practices. God designed a culture for soul care. Biblical fellowship (Greek koinonia) describes the culture in which soul care can thrive because it is a context for intentional spiritual growth. Continue Reading →
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Are we more than the sum of our memories? In Karen Martin’s Memorable Loss: A Story of Friendship in the Face of Dementia (Christian Focus, 2023), the author shares her journey to focus on a person, not a disease; a loved one living with memory loss, not a dementia victim; and a friend’s present and future, not just her fading memories. Continue Reading →
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What can churches, particularly lay people, do to reach out to people with disabilities and their caregiving families? Let’s consider reframing soul care ministry from a church building to a home or care facility so that we can minister faithfully to individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Here’s a biblical, simple, and potentially effective ministry model based on three related suggestions. Continue Reading →
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