I had forgotten that I love to find places to sing in the wilderness. As a child, I would wander…
The sunset was so pink and sweet that it hurt my teeth to look at it. My shoulders were hunched…
On Sunday, we wound up with only 20 minutes for Sunday school, so I had to prioritize our lesson. We…
It’s rare these days for mortals to experience the terror of encountering the unspeakably ancient ones. We tend to relate…
Welcome! I’m Summer Kinard, author of Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practical Theology of Disability. This post provides supporting…
Welcome! This post provides supporting materials for my contribution to the GOARCH Center for Family Care webinar, “Nurturing Independence in…
When I speak at conferences and workshops, there’s one question that someone always asks. They pull me over to the…
This spring, we began attending our local Western Rite Orthodox Church, where the Divine Liturgy of St. Gregory is celebrated.…
I was not the first person to hide from God, and I didn’t know that my hiding place was darkened…
At the request of a kind friend and Orthodox priest, I have researched evidence-based practices that help people with ADD…
I call upon the Equals to the Apostles to bear myrrh with me For the innocent ones lost, for my…
When I was a teenager, I went to a legalistic Baptist Bible Fellowship church that generously picked me up each…
I’m forty-three years old, and I only started praying Morning Prayer a little over a month ago. I don’t mean…
How long can I carry a broken heart through the world? How long can I imagine myself severed from all…
*(C) is the Roman numeral for one hundred thousand I watched the grass grow the summer I was eight years…
We’ve used the original visual schedule almost every week for the past three years to help my children participate in…
I’m working into the wee hours every night to finish up the manuscript for my book, Of Such is the…
The most effective and lasting way to teach is through how we arrange and prioritize spaces. The ancients knew this…
For those of us who ask the help of saints in our daily lives, one of the first questions that…
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll hear me rave about new products that make my life easier as an…
Are autistic extroverts miscategorized as introverts? 7 traits of autistic extroverts.