His Name Is Joel: Searching for God in a Son's Disability

By Kathleen Deyer Bolduc

Book Overview

Author Kathleen Deyer Bolduc welcomes the reader into the world inhabited by a parent of a child with a disability to experience with her the moments of despair, the joy of resplendent victories, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578950341
• ISBN13: 9781578950348
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Bridge Resources
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Should be mandatory reading for any Christian who has a child with special needs.

This book takes you into the daily life of the author and shares the difficult things that can happen when you have a child who has special needs--and of course all the difficult questions that you will want to ask--or shout at God. She shares how she processes God through this experience. She reaches across the page to truthfully share her grief with parents so they too can know that the grief they feel is not a problem to be solved and not a goal to be worked through, but rather something that we live through and adjust with while God works on us along the way. She speaks about how these experiences relate to belief in a loving God and how over time God can help you process and shape a new reality with your child. Most of all, this book provides hope...seeing how this author has come through her difficulties--not with pat answers--but truthfully asking some very difficult questions and finding strength in meeting the challenges that have come along the way. I'm anxiously awaiting her sequel...

His Name Is Joel

I have finally found a book written by a mom who was a Christian before the birth of her son Joel.This mom tells of her journey ofof raising her son(from birth) to be included in her church family and of the rejection of that same community by their indifference. Finding a church when you have a child with special needs is still a challenge in the year 2001! I have met Kathy and know that her journey with her son and finding a welcoming church are not over but,she is hopeful. This book will affirm anyone else who has been here. Her other book A Place Called Acceptance is also another five star read.

A moving and intimate look at life with a disabled son.

Dyer Bolduc brings the reader into her family and her heart as she tells the story of her son's autism and retardation. Her scriptural references and prayers add to what is already a deeply spiritual journey. I didn't turn a page without learning something new or being touched. Any mother can relate to her struggles.

A must have for leaders of any group!

If you want to know how you can really help someone who has a family member with disabilities, you must read this book. It is funny and sad. Mrs. Bolduc transforms her feelings into easily read words. You will want to meet this special mom and child for yourself!