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January 16, 2026
Love Languages of Special Needs Families
Raising kids is challenging these days but having special needs children places even more demands on a marriage and family. How can couples stay close and carry the load together? How can the rest of us help ease the strain for them? Elementary educator and author Jolene Philo shares the secrets to implementing the 5 Love Languages in a special needs family on this important edition of Equipped with Chris Brooks.
Featured resource:
Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families by Gary Chapman, Ph.D., and Jolene Philo, M.Ed.
January thank you gift:
Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become Like Him. Do as He Did. by John Mark Comer
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IN THIS EPISODE
Jolene Philo
During her twenty-five-year career as an educator, Jolene Philo collaborated with special education teachers to mainstream children in her elementary classroom. She left education in 2003 to become a writer and speaker. Jolene is the author of several resource books for the special needs community: A Different Dream for My Child, Different Dream Parenting, The Caregiver's Notebook, and Does My Child Have PTSD?. She co-authored Every Child Welcome: A Ministry Handbook for Including Kids with Special Needs with Katie Wetherbee.
She and her husband Hiram have two adult children and three grandchildren
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Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Woodside Bible Church, a multisite congregation across the Detroit metropolitan area. Chris served for 20 years as the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1,600-member church in the heart of Detroit. He also served as the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. A popular Detroit radio host since 2005, Chris is the author of Kingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of six children: Christopher, Zewditu, Cameron, Judah, Sophia, and Christyana.
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Equipped with Chris Brooks encourages you to grow spiritually, think critically, and live compassionately in your community. Interact with Chris as he empowers you to live out the gospel in a rapidly changing culture. This live, one-hour program, airing weekdays at noon CT, features special guests and welcomes your participation by callling in and by plugging in through social media.