by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jun 27, 2019 | Caregivers, Chronic illness, Leaders, Marriage, Mental Illness
Last year my family visited the National September 11 Memorial in New York City. It’s a solemn work of art, bringing life and a bit of peace to a place of death and destruction. As my family and I paused there, I found myself grateful that the project’s architects had...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Mar 30, 2018 | Caregivers, Chronic illness, Marriage, Mental Illness, Parenting, PenToPaper
Coming out of a powerful sermon from Jeremiah 29, preached by Pastor Jon Lemmond. Lord Almighty, you are our God in the midst of life,in good times and in hard times, in beauty and in disarray,in success and in failure, in life and in death.Thank you. Thank you that...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Feb 26, 2018 | Caregivers, Chronic illness, Leaders, Marriage, Mental Illness, Parenting
We are told that we will all face trials. Jesus told us to expect them. “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Trials come in all different...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | May 26, 2017 | Marriage
“She held his hand like she never wanted to let him go,” my husband told me quietly one evening. It’d been a tough day. A co-worker whom my husband deeply respected was losing his battle with cancer. He and his wife had stopped by the office to pick up his...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Aug 26, 2016 | Caregivers, Marriage
SHE SAYS It took time for Carey to understand I wasn’t making up the fatigue I felt when we were first married. His family grew up healthy as pack mules—they went to the pharmacist instead of the doctor on the rare occasion one of them felt sick—while my bout with...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Aug 25, 2016 | Caregivers, Marriage
(excerpts from Love at First Fight: 52 Story-Based Meditations for Married Couples) “Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our...
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