When I first began trying to work with the Deaf, I had no idea what I was doing. I started because I had a heart for Deaf people. I had…
Jim BracelinAugust 10, 2021
Dear SWM Friends, Annual SWM Inc. Board Meeting: Recently in our annual Board meeting, I made the statement, “To adjust is a must!” This is true every day we live,…
Jim BracelinMarch 24, 2021
A new start is a wonderful thing! A new start comes with a price. Anyone can say he is going to start something new, but that means he must stop…
Jim BracelinFebruary 11, 2021
Thankful is a word that describes me, my life and ministry, every day. As I considered what to write, I thought about all the people God has brought into my…
Jim BracelinDecember 19, 2020
I cannot tell you how many times people have told me what the Deaf cannot do. I have always told these people that there is only one thing the Deaf…
Jim BracelinOctober 20, 2020
Dear Friends of SWM, At our SWM Mission Retreat in 2019, we discussed the need to believe God for bigger things. None of us anticipated that 2020 would bring the…
Jim BracelinOctober 1, 2020
Often I hear a word that I don’t think anyone really likes. That word is “change.” We have been through, and still face, a lot of changes. We did not…
Jim BracelinAugust 5, 2020
Dear SWM Friends, I think we all would agree that we are living in different times! I have heard much complaining from people who are tired of being confined. I…
Jim BracelinJuly 1, 2020
Have you noticed that God made us all different? Men are different from women. Adults are different from children. Deaf are different from Hearing. Preachers are different from most people…
Jim BracelinJune 11, 2020