Do We Really Need All The Drugs?

What do you think about the multiple drugs we have to take? When one lives as I do with fibromyalgia and chronic pain as well as other symptoms, do you think some of it is a crutch? Lack of faith? Or what? —Margaret deVries, Ladson, SC
No one would tell a child with diabetes that her [...]

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 and see the world; I had friends and family to love. My life was full, and I saw nothing but blue skies above,” she writes in [...]

Caregiver Perspective on Doubt

Doubt is a great hindrance to those who care for a chronically ill person. Doubt prevents us from believing that God will answer our prayers. Some of us have lived so long in the shadows of illness that we have little hope.
Our heads speak to God, but His comfort never reaches our hearts. [...]

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Merry Christmas! If you haven’t yet had a chance to check out our current issue of HopeKeepers magazine, now is the time.  Our December issue is completely free and available to read online in its digital format, or you can out up to 15 pages at one sitting.
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A Talk Over Tea – Too Many Angels?

I was exhausted and sore, but also bored, and a Saturday evening with television shows featuring violence was not about to put me in the Christmas spirit. So I went to rent a movie, glad to get out of the house and get some fresh air. Something in me sparked as I drove [...]

Want to Dance?

The thirteen-year-old boy watched his fellow classmates dance to the lively music. Part of him wanted to be out there with them. Another part just wanted to stand by the wall. He began to wonder why he had even come to the after-school dance.
Before he had a chance to figure out why he was there, [...]

Lessons From the River

Less than a month ago I was waiting for test results to shed some light on the pain and numbness I had been feeling. When Jeff asked if I wanted to go canoeing with him and three guys from church, I started to decline; I was beginning to withdraw from friends.
It was easier for [...]

Create a Party in Your Pocket

“Has anyone planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it,” (Deuteronomy 20:6).
Friends think I am starting to get a bit silly. Our world is full of war and uncertainty, leaving many feeling weary and heavily burdened with concern and [...]

How Long Do I Have to Live With This Illness, Lord?

Excerpt from Think It Not Strange: Making Peace With Chronic Pain by Claudette Palatsky
My prayer journal scribbling illustrates my desperation. “How long, O Lord? Will this ever end? Will it become worse before it gets better? Oh, God! I fear I can’t bear another minute and still, time marches on. Can’t You make it stop? [...]

My Broken Heart

“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens,” (Psalm 68:19).
How does a broken heart heal Lord?
Where do you take all the pain?
Do you remove it and store it in darkness?
Or is it the thunder I hear with the rain?
Are the stars little explosions of heartbreak?
Is the sea filled up with [...]

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