Strug­gles don’t arrive with a map. Nei­ther does hope. These resources are orga­nized for wher­ev­er you’ve land­ed.

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Need some­thing you don’t see here? I’m glad to help if I can.

For Parents & Caregivers

• “I feel over­whelmed and don’t know what to pray.” → 5 Breath Prayers
• “Could I just get some encour­age­ment?” → Why this is still “a sea­son”
• “I need to dive deep­er into thought pat­terns.” → Car­ry­ing this alone? One of these five state­ments might be exact­ly where you are or go to the full Field Guide.
• “Is this book actu­al­ly for me?” → Can I guess where you are in 12 ques­tions (and encour­age you)?

For Support Crews

• How to Help With­out Ask­ing, “How Do I Help?”: Con­crete ways friends and fam­i­ly can offer mean­ing­ful sup­port with­out plac­ing addi­tion­al bur­den on already exhaust­ed care­givers.
• “What do I say?” → Think about mean­ing­ful and com­pas­sion­ate alter­na­tives to these com­mon respons­es

For Pastors, Counselors, & Care Ministry Leaders

Note: These resources are not designed to replace coun­sel­ing, pas­toral care, or com­mu­ni­ty, but to help fam­i­lies artic­u­late strug­gles they often do not yet have words for.

“Siege of the Soul is a rare com­pan­ion for any­one walk­ing through the hid­den val­leys of fear, fatigue, and faith. Bri­anne writes with a ten­der­ness and hon­esty that give lan­guage to expe­ri­ences many par­ents in the spe­cial needs and vary­ing-abil­i­ties com­mu­ni­ty feel but strug­gle to express. Her blend of cre­ative sto­ry­telling, the­o­log­i­cal reflec­tion, and lived expe­ri­ence invites read­ers not only to feel seen, but also to sense the near­ness of the God who holds us in our most dis­ori­ent­ing sea­sons. This is a book I will glad­ly place in the hands of any­one who needs both empa­thy and hope.”

~ Scott Sauls, Pas­tor and Author of
Beau­ti­ful Peo­ple Don’t Just Hap­pen

• What is the ortho­praxy of the West­ern church regard­ing dis­abil­i­ties in light of the Ima­go Dei?
• “What is Siege of the Soul about, and how does it come along­side my min­istry?”
  • A pas­toral one-page overview of what fam­i­lies in the long haul actu­al­ly need — and how this book equips them. Designed for care direc­tors, Stephen Min­is­ters, and any­one walk­ing along­side fam­i­lies requir­ing extra care.
  • An overview of the book’s frame­work for coun­selors work­ing with par­ents of med­ical­ly com­plex chil­dren with or with­out spe­cial needs — the lies that take root, the bib­li­cal coun­sel­ing prin­ci­ples that address them, and how the book func­tions as a com­pan­ion resource.
• “Where do I start, or deep­en, the con­ver­sa­tion?” → The Find Your Let­ter guid­ed reflec­tion is meant to pin­point the cur­rent area of strug­gle and sug­gest a next step. (24 pos­si­ble results keeps the results rea­son­ably per­son­al­ized.)
• “How do I help them explore deep­er thought pat­terns over time?” → Field Guide: A prac­ti­cal com­pan­ion for the long haul, address­ing the emo­tion­al and spir­i­tu­al real­i­ties of rais­ing a child with med­ical com­plex­i­ty or spe­cial needs.
• “How do I help them under­stand lament is not fail­ure?” → Why Nam­ing Your Grief is Faith­ful

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