In his essay ldquo Service and the Spectrum rdquo Professor Daniel Bowman Jr writes of the difficulty of navigating decisions about how to serve his church as an autistic person He explains ldquo Autistic people have to forge a new path forward every single time a unique path that takes into account mental emotional and physical energy alone recharging time sensory inputs and comfort level time of day whether or not we rsquo re being valued for our strengths and accommodated for our needs rather than excluded for perceived deficits and much more rdquo For many people Bowman writes such [... more]

Guest host David Pogue Tracy Smith sits down with Kate Cox for her first TV interview since the Texas Supreme Court ruled against her in her legal fight for an abortion Also Jonathan Vigliotti talks with actress Sof a Vergara who transformed herself into a ruthless druglord for the Netflix series Griselda Mo Rocca profiles actress Greta Lee star of Past Lives David Pogue meets the creatives behind the Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio including autistic members of its cast Robert Costa reports on Monday's Iowa caucuses Lee Cowan visits the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colo whose [... more]

Love someone with autism Autistic radio host Brant Hansen offers real-life pointers for parents and spouses of those on the spectrum But when you're socially trying to figure out the lay of the land and it makes no sense to you it can be really difficult and I just want to say better days are ahead I promise you it gets better and it gets better not when you're but a lot before that It gets gradually better and better -- Brant Hansen Show Notes and Resources Connect with Brant on Twitter branthansen or on Facebook branthansenpage Learn more Brant [... more]

You have likely heard about and may have seen The Chosen television series Tens of millions of people all over the world are watching it It's been translated into dozen of languages Most Christians love it and call it life-changing Even many non-Christians say how it's given them a new perspective on Jesus The series now in its third season depicts the life of Jesus generally based on biblical accounts and particularly from the perspectives of those closest to Jesus Generally being the important word because what Dallas Jenkins lead creator has done is added all kinds of plausible fiction [... more]

You have likely heard about and may have seen The Chosen television series Tens of millions of people all over the world are watching it It's been translated into dozen of languages Most Christians love it and call it life-changing Even many non-Christians say how it's given them a new perspective on Jesus The series now in its third season depicts the life of Jesus generally based on biblical accounts and particularly from the perspectives of those closest to Jesus Generally being the important word because what Dallas Jenkins lead creator has done is added all kinds of plausible fiction [... more]

Emily Colson explains how her view of God has changed through years of struggling to raise an autistic son as a single parent She describes painful situations she's encountered in public where people have been rude or hostile to Max because he is not acting normally She says God doesn't want Max to be 'normal' He wants him to be more like Jesus Part of Receive the book Dancing With Max for your donation of any amount https donate focusonthefamily com don-daily-broadcast-product- - - refcd Get more episode resources http www focusonthefamily com episodes broadcast seeing-god-through-my-sons-autism-part- -of- featured-resource-ctaIf you've listened [... more]

Emily Colson explains how her view of God has changed through years of struggling to raise an autistic son as a single parent She describes painful situations she's encountered in public where people have been rude or hostile to Max because he is not acting normally She says God doesn't want Max to be 'normal' He wants him to be more like Jesus Part of Receive the book Dancing With Max for your donation of any amount https donate focusonthefamily com don-daily-broadcast-product- - - refcd Get more episode resources http www focusonthefamily com episodes broadcast seeing-god-through-my-sons-autism-part- -of- featured-resource-ctaIf you've listened [... more]

A Christian school for autistic children in India received a big donation from a corporation After checking that there were no strings attached they accepted the money But later the corporation requested to be represented on the school board The school director returned the money She refused to allow the values of the school to be compromised She said ldquo It rsquo s more important to do God rsquo s work in God rsquo s way rdquo There are many reasons to decline help and this is one of them In the Bible we see another When the exiled Jews [... more]

Episode Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions Show Notes CoreChristianity com Key questions answered in today's show Should people or pastors call themselves prophets or man of God today If so what does it mean to not touch the anointed ones and do prophets no harm In Genesis in the Hebrew language the creator of the universe is referred to in the plural form of Elohim If God is triune and one within the Trinity why does the Hebrew word Elohim refer to the plural gods Is it okay to wish God was here physically with us even [... more]

Portion of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER Monologue The whole point of this is to speak clarity to a caregiver so that we're not floundering around wondering you know where do we go next What do we do What's going on And I go back to this whole thing with gun safety I think a lot of people rush to push their political ideology and very few people are rushing to push this in a ministry capacity and if you think about this with all of our United States' clergy combined even those from different faith we can still ask the [... more]