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Are Depression and Anxiety Part of Your Life?
Are Depression and Anxiety Part of Your Life? As much as I would love to present our family as picture-perfect, it's not like that for us. A few Continue Reading
My Hope Toolbox Printable Kit for Depression & Sadness
Refresh your spirit and find encouragement with this beautifully designed printable kit for depression & sadness, My Hope Toolbox, which you can Continue Reading
5 Steps to Calm Anxious Kids
5 Steps to Calm Anxious Kids I'm opening my heart a bit here and sharing in a way that's not easy. Several of my children have dealt with anxiety, Continue Reading
God is Pushing Me to Painful Places
God is Pushing Me to Painful Places During one of our initial foster care classes, we were given a checklist of problems that are typical for foster Continue Reading
How to Have Hope When Your Child is Hurting
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against Continue Reading
When a Loved One Has Depression and YOU Are Going Crazy
Living with depression is horrible. I've dealt with seasons of depression a number of times in my life. Depression is debilitating, frustrating, and Continue Reading
When You Feel Lonely In Your Calling
Perhaps you are caring for an aging or ill spouse, and this leaves you isolated. Maybe you have a special needs child and few of your friends Continue Reading
How To Have Compassion for Sadness and Find Hope: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up! Podcast Series #7
 How To Have Compassion for Sadness and Find Hope: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up!(7) You are joining us for the 7th in a series of eight sessions in our Continue Reading
How to Deal with Your Broken Places: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up! Podcast Series #2
How to Deal with Your Broken Places: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up! (2) Thank you for joining us for the second in our series of Messy Life podcasts. Each Continue Reading
Where to Turn When You are Unsure: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up! Podcast Series #1
Where to Turn When You are Unsure: Messy Life? Holy Clean-Up! Welcome to the first in our Messy Life podcast series! This is the first in a series of Continue Reading
Trusting God in the Midst of Troubling World Events
This post about trusting God in troubling times was written in 2014, but its principles are relevant today. When I was in high school, I devoured news Continue Reading