CHRONIC ILLNESS
Chronic illness is hard, but you are not alone. Join fellow travelers on this journey through loss and grief, laughter and hope. For no matter how dark the days, how wild the storm, or how long the winter, there is hope. There is always hope.
CAREGIVING
Caregivers walk their own unique path through chronic illness – a role that is simultaneously exhausting and meaningful, isolating and joy-filled. Life as a caregiver can be difficult, but it is also deeply valued.
Living with Chronic Illness
MENTAL ILLNESS
Too often, stigma, isolation, loneliness, and shame follow a diagnosis of mental illness. Not here. Here we offer resources for mental health steeped in love and grounded in faith. Here you are among friends, welcome just as you are.
MARRIAGE
Navigating marriage with chronic illness can be difficult and lonely, but it can also become a beautiful opportunity to learn patience, humility, forgiveness, tenderness and sacrifice – gifts of a love forged in the fire, love that will stand the test of time.
PARENTING
Raising a child with chronic illness requires more strength, resolve and courage than we ever dreamed possible, yet it also draws us closer to God as we learn to lean deep, love sacrificially, shift our perspective, and be fully present.
LEADERS
Community. It feels like hope and it’s why small groups matter. So many in the chronic illness community feel a deep sense of isolation and loneliness. Small groups celebrate together, suffer together, pray together, and learn to lean on and trust in God together.
Welcome!
YOU’RE INVITED TO COMMUNITY
You are welcome here!
We invite you to find your place in our community.
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From the Blog
The One Rule of a Chronic Illness Diagnosis
How do you respond when a family member or friend is diagnosed with a chronic illness? How can you support them in their grief? Do Not Judge - It's a Mindset, Not A Method There are many practical, emotional, and spiritual ways you can (and should!) love and care for them – but there’s one...
Prayer Prompt | Dwelling: A Place Where People Live
Dwell The Cambridge English Dictionary gives us that simple definition for the word dwelling: a place where people live. And yet, we each also dwell within these physical forms--our human bodies that are inherently lonely. No one else can feel the precise emotions we feel. No other person can...
✨ Thrive Newsletter – ❤️ Love One Another
Thrive in life with chronic illness. - 2020 and Beyond As we enter this new decade and a new season at Chronic Joy®, we knew that God was prompting us to clarify our mission statement: Thrive in a life with chronic illness. But what does it mean to thrive, especially when chronic illness is a...
Surveys to Share Your Story
For Individuals
How does the church care for you?
How has chronic illness affected you? A few minutes of your time can change the way the church ministers to those affected by chronic physical and/or mental illness – building community that thrives. Take the SURVEY FOR INDIVIDUALS.
For Churches
How does your church care for those affected by chronic illness?
Does your church effectively serve and include those affected by chronic physical and/or mental illness? Do you have 3 minutes? We’d love your help! Include your voice. Take our short SURVEY FOR CHURCH LEADERS.
