Digital Resources
Podcast
- Ministry to Children with Special Needs
- Ministering to People Suffering with Mental Illness
- Patient Care: How to Minister to the Sick
Chapel Message
- A Christian Looks at Depression by Pastor Tom Nelson
DTS Magazine
Blogs
Articles
- Christianity Today – Including People with Disabilities in Your Church
- Christianity Today – How to Talk to Parents of Children with Down Syndrome
- Christianity Today – Mental Illness and the Christian: Scripture and Science
- Christianity Today – Mental Illness and the Church: Some Helpful Honestly from Christian Leaders You May Know
- Desiring God – Living with Disability: 13 Reasons for Hope
- Enrichment Journal – Meeting the Needs of People with Disabilities within the Church
- Gospel Coalition – Christian Reflections on Mental Illness
- Gospel Coalition – Guest Post: The Gospel and Mental Illness
- Hendricks Center – 5 Tips for Visiting People in the Hospital
- NAMI FaithNet – What Churches Can Do to Help
- Relevant Magazine – 4 Misconceptions About Mental Illness and Faith
- Relevant Magazine – Where Is God in Mental Illness?
- Relevant Magazine – 5 Things Christians Should Know About Depression and Anxiety
- Relevant Magazine – What Will it Take For Us to Get Serious About Helping the Mentally Ill?
Audio and Visual
- Desiring God – Disability Conference Audio and Video
DVD Series
- God’s Help When you Suffer – DVD
- Beyond Suffering by Joni Eareckson Tada (RightNow Media)
TV Series
- Joni and Friends (RightNow Media)
Children’s Series
- Gospel Light’s Special Needs Smart Pagescreated by Joni and Friends (RightNow Media)
- Mission: Unstoppable by Joni Eareckson Tada(RightNow Media)
eBook
- Serving Those with Mental Illness by Dr. Ed Stetzer and Dr. Jared Pingleton
Video
- Mental Illness in the Church by Focus on the Family
- Reality for Families Who Have Mental Illness Challenges by Focus on the Family
Website
Ministries
- Cause for Life
- Dallas Center
- Good Mood Foundation
- Grace Alliance
- Joni and Friends Texas
- Mental Health America of Greater Dallas
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Dallas
- The Arc (Collin, Dallas, and Rockwall Countries)
- The Grant Halliburton Foundation
- The Hope Center for Autism
- The Well Community
Books
- A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God’s Sovereignty by Joni Eareckson Tada
- Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life by Dr. Curt Thompson M.D.
- Another Kind of Courage by Doug Mazza
- Autism and Your Church: Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Barbara J. Newman
- Disability and the Gospel: How God Uses Our Brokenness to Display His Grace by Michael S. Beates
- Flannery O’Connor: Writing a Theology of Disabled Humanity by Timothy J. Basselin
- Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness by Matthew S. Stanford
- Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations by Erik W. Carter
- Joni: An Unforgettable Story by Joni Eareckson Tada
- Leading a Special Needs Ministry: A Practical Guide to Including Children and Loving Families by Amy Fenton Lee
- Making Sense Out of Sufferings by Peter Kreeft
- Ministry with Persons with Mental Illness and their Families by Robert H. Albers and William H. Meller
- Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
- Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability by Stephanie O. Hubach (Author), Joni Eareckson Tada (Foreword)
- The Bible, Disability, and the Church by Amos Young
- The Weblog Disabled Christianity: The Church and Disability by Jeff McNair PhD
- Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church’s Mission by Amy Simpson