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April 8, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Couples Are Divorcing to Pay Medical Bills and Get Needed Coverage

What happens when you or your spouse has a chronic illness and it gets to the point where you financially are out of resources? Recently "The Today Show" had a story about a couple who dealt with the costs in the only way … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marriage, What's New? Tagged With: chaplaincy, Marriage, United States

March 1, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 1 Comment

What’s a Man With an Illness do as a New Empty Nester?

I am the father of a 22-year-old son who recently moved out of the house. My wife works at a local craft store full time, but I have been unable to work the last few years due to a degenerative chronic illness. Usually it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Help! Q/A, Marriage, Parenting, Person w/ Illness, Reflection Tagged With: Christian encouragement, Chronic, Chronic pain, daily devotionals, Health, hopekeepers, illness ministry, invisible illness, Jesus, Lord, meditation, Rest Ministries, Trust

February 9, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 2 Comments

Love Endures When Your Spouse is Ill

In the process of loving someone with a chronic illness, we often feel a recurring pang of grief and fear that overshadows the happy moments of our lives. Because the shadow never lifts completely, we must depend on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Caregiver, Marriage, Person w/ Illness, Person w/ lll Spouse, What's New? Tagged With: Christ, Chronic, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Conditions and Diseases, God, Health, husband with illness, ill wife, Jesus, Kids and Teens, marriage and illness, Medicine, Pain

February 3, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 1 Comment

Special Interview with Renee Bondi

Reprinted from HopeKeepers Magazine 2004 I was having a ball with wedding plans; my music program was a huge success; I was blessed to have had the opportunity to travel & see the world; I had friends & family to love. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Caregiver, Church Leader, Joy, Marriage, Parenting, Person w/ Illness, Profiles, What's New? Tagged With: bible study, Disability, disability ministry, God, hopekeepers, joni and friends, Medicine, Music, Religion and Spirituality, Rest Ministries, United States

January 26, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 1 Comment

How Do You Get Romantic with an Ill Wife?

How Do You Get Romantic with an Ill Wife?

So, you have an ill wife who is never in the mood, who says "ouch" when you give her a hug. But she wants to know you care. Now what? When your wife is chronically ill it can be hard for her to think "romance." She may be in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Marriage, Person w/ lll Spouse, What's New? Tagged With: Chronic, Health, ill wife, Illness, lisa copen, Marriage, marriage and illness, Pain, United States

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