Writing Brings Healing to the Soul

By Lisa Saunders, Special Guest Writer

The moment I gave birth to my daughter Elizabeth in December of 1989, I felt a stab of fear—her head was so small, so deformed. Within 12 hours, I was told she had been profoundly disabled by congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus). The neonatologist said, “If she lives, she will never roll [...]

Cancer: 7 Things You Need to Know to Help

By Georgia Shaffer
Sara sat looking totally overwhelmed. At the age of thirty-five, she had learned she had breast cancer. “I feel like I just got hit by a Mack truck,” Sara said.
As a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and a cancer survivor who, 18 years ago, was given a 2 percent chance to [...]

What Carbs Should I Be Eating or Avoiding?

By Vincent Pham

If what you are looking for is a list of food items that contain absolutely no carbohydrates, at all, then the answer is no. All foods, regardless of what type they are, do contain some amount of carbohydrates. There are, however, certain foods you will see on a list of carbohydrate free [...]

Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom – Part 3 of 3

This is Part 3 (and final part) of Jill Hart’s chapter 1 excerpt from her book So You Want To Be a Work-at-Home Mom can read the previous articles here:

Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom – Part 1 of 3
Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom [...]

Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom – Part 2 of 3

Yesterday we featured “Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom – Part 1 of 3”
Now we are on to Part 2. We’d also love to hear your feedback in the comments below. We know many of you work from home or are considering it.
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By Jill Hart, reprinted with permission from her book [...]

Making the Choice To Be a Work at Home Mom – Part 1 of 3

Those of us who live with chronic illness have a very diverse set of circumstances when it comes to a career as well as parenting. Jill Hart, who lives with a chronic illness, is the founder of the organization Christian Work at Home Moms and is the author of a new book called “So You [...]

Ideas For Serving Friends with Disabilities From Joni and Friends

If you haven’t read a copy yet of Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend we encourage you to grab a copy today. In fact, we make it affordable to have three copies for just $15 in our Comfort Zone Bookstore. One for you and two to give away!
But we just discovered [...]

More Than a Table for Two: The Difference a Christ-Centered Marriage Makes in a Culture of Fragmented Families – Part 2 of 2

This is continuation of the article from yesterday’s post.
In a sense, they are borrowing an attribute that belongs to a God they don’t know and exercising a representation of a spiritual truth they don’t believe. To be fair, there are people with good marriages who have detached the basic virtues that [...]

Do You Recall Your Favorite Candy Bar?

One of my favorite candy bars growing up was called UNO. I find it about twice a year at a fabric store of all places and the chocolate melts in my mouth. And isn’t it hard to believe that as kids we used to buy the candy/bubble gum cigarettes? (And that my mother allowed that?)
If [...]

Soften Up Those New Jeans

The 4th of July is just around the corner. Maybe you have a new pair of jeans you were hoping to wear but they keep getting pushed to the back of the closet.
When you have a chronic illness and are uncomfortable most of the time it’s not very motivating to go out and purchase new [...]

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