Caregivers Come in All Sizes

“For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.” Matt. 16:27
Being a HopeKeepers Facilitator I found out quickly that caregivers don’t receive enough praise and thanks for all they do and have to go [...]

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 [...]

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

By Stephanie Duncan
With thirty-six days standing in between us and our vows, Zach and I are still trying to track down late RSVPs and figure out the difference between white, ivory, and champagne. But even with so many pressing details, we know that these are fringe matters compared to glory we will represent when [...]

When Your Wife is Chronically Ill

My wife, Jenny, has suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome for the last six years, although she has probably lived with the condition for twenty years. We have two children, ages 8 and 4 years old. Yes! We had a baby through this illness and what a pregnancy!
In the last few years, we planted a church [...]

INTRODUCTION: Is your Wife Chronically Ill? Or Your Husband?

Whether your spouse lives with heart disease, fibromyalgia, chronic pain from an accident or migraines, coping with an ill spouse can easily define your marriage if you let it.
Sadly, for about 75% of marriages, illness destroys it, ending in divorce. And we have many people at the Rest Ministries web site who have a experienced [...]

Don Piper Ministries Has “Hope Summit” in Texas in May

We love HOPE around here at Rest Ministries and we also love Don Piper, so we wanted to pass along this information in case you live in the Pasadena, Texas area.
Don Piper Ministries is holding it’s first ever “Hope Summit,” May 21-22, 2010 at First Baptist Church Pasadena, Texas.
Many have asked if there would ever [...]

Illness and Marriage – Please Don’t Kiss Me!

“I’m not going to kiss you.”
Who would ever think that hearing these words from your spouse would be considered a sign of his deep love? As my husband and I celebrated our 14th anniversary recently at a nice hotel on the Oregon Coast, we walked on the beach hand in hand, and finally, after 3 [...]

Love and Marriage . . . and Illness

“I’m not going to kiss you.”
Who would ever think that hearing these words from your spouse would be considered a sign of his deep love? As my husband and I celebrated our 14th anniversary recently at a nice hotel on the Oregon Coast, we walked on the beach hand in hand, and finally, after 3 [...]

Television Show w/ Lisa Airs this Week

In February I had the honor of meeting Maureen Pratt, author of Peace in the Storm, and getting to be a guest on her new television program, also called Peace in the Storm. It airs this week April 18-April 24th, and if you don’t happen to get the channel (I don’t either!) you can [...]

Tools for Family Caregivers is New Program of Partners Against Pain

The National Family Caregivers Association has partnered up with Partners Against Pain, the national pain management education program, to create “Caregiver Cornerstones.”  Caregiver Cornerstones is a new program that offers information, encouragement, and “tools to family caregivers who are caring for loved ones suffering from chronic pain.”
The 4 Caregiver Cornerstones are:
1. Learning about pain management. [...]

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