Resources
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Welcome to my resource collection. I've designed these tools to meet you right where you are, whether you're seeking personal comfort and spiritual development or guiding your community toward greater inclusion and belonging.
From devotionals that offer rest to practical guides for dismantling barriers, I intend for these resources to be a starting point. I pray they are a tool for stirring faith, sparking essential conversations, and growing as a church that reflects the Gospel's welcome for all.
This library is just getting started, and I'll be adding new resources regularly, so be sure to check back! I also welcome your ideas. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered or a resource you wish existed, please send me a note through the form on my Connect page
Grace at the Gate
Air Travel Tip Sheet for Travels with Disabilities
If you’re like me, there’s nothing like travel to push you to the edge. The logistics, the equipment, and the unpredictability can quickly drain your reserves. That’s why I’ve created this checklist.
Whether you are traveling yourself, or a friend or loved one is visiting you, don’t leave home before checking out this tip sheet. It covers the essential things you need to know—from federal rights to practical packing tips—to ensure a safe, dignified, and grace-filled travel experience for people with disabilities and older adults.
Breaking the "I'm Fine" Facade:
A Practical Guide to Finding Strength in Honesty
When someone asks, "How are you?" Do you immediately respond, "I'm fine," even though you're not? This guide is for anyone who is secretly struggling with fear, sadness, or worry. This resource, based on the "I'm fine" blog series, addresses the need to stop pretending and fighting alone, offering a practical path to relief and strength through "radical honesty." It explains how to do this with tools like a "Personal Infection Audit" to name your pain, scripts for saying "I'm not okay," a checklist to identify a "safe person," and a prayer for honesty. It also provides resources for professional Christian counseling.
Encouraging Without Pity
You want to encourage your new friend with a disability but are afraid of sounding like you are doing it out of pity rather than genuine support. This guide provides practical steps to build genuine, equal friendships with people with disabilities based on mutual respect, not charity.
Five Psalms for Your Hardest Days
You are facing a personal hardship or crisis and need a quick reminder of God’s nearness and strength. These printable “cards” are on 8.5” x 11” pages that can be displayed wherever you find most helpful. Whether you’re navigating of fear, pain, or weariness, these verses will remind you that God is your hope and protection.
Moments with God for Caregivers
As a caregiver, you spend a significant part of your day, caring for and encouraging others. But the truth is you could use some yourself. This devotional offers spiritual refreshment for caregivers who feel weary, overwhelmed, or guilty. Each of the seven short reflections open with a scripture and close with prayer to help caregivers find strength, grace, and rest in God, even on the go.
5 Essential Conversations
You recognize as a church or ministry leader that your faith community needs to move beyond a charity mindset to one of true belonging. This resource provides a starting point for churches that want to become more inclusive but don't know where to begin. It outlines five key conversations to help lay the groundwork for building a faith community that truly recognizes and values every member.
Continuing the Conversation
Your faith community has addressed physical accessibility and now wants to begin to tackle deeper cultural barriers. This resource provides conversation prompts that challenge the "fix-it" mentality. Whether you are having a one-one conversation or a small group discussion, this resource helps faith communities explore how to build a church culture where people with disabilities can lead and use their unique gifts.
Accessible Employment Process
Your church is having trouble finding qualified candidates to fill a ministry role, but you’re unsure how to widen the applicant pool. People with disabilities represent a largely untapped talent pool, particularly in faith communities. This checklist provides actionable steps for churches that have fewer than 15 employees but want to ensure hiring process is fair and welcoming to all.
For faith communities with 15 employees or more, this resource offers practical guidance for removing barriers in job postings, applications, and interviews—while also meeting legal requirements under existing, applicable laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).