Chronic Joy®
Making a difference one precious life at a time.
Chronic Joy is a global resource ministry dedicated to compassionately serving all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability by providing accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational resources and publications.
CHRONIC ILLNESS
As we journey through diagnoses and treatment plans, loss and isolation, sadness and grief, we can also discover the gifts of laughter, joy, and hope along the way. [Chronic Pain • Shame in Illness]
CAREGIVERS
A caregiver’s role can be rewarding and exhausting, difficult and joy-filled, meaningful and frustrating, isolating and inspiring—discovering God’s joy as you care for your loved ones.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Stigma, isolation, loneliness, and shame often follow a diagnosis of mental illness. With God, mental illness has no stigma. You are His precious child, deeply loved and fully accepted. [Anxiety • Depression]
PARENTING
When chronic illness and pain are part of the family, we need more strength, resolve, perseverance, and courage than we ever imagined. Yet, we also discover the rich blessings of presence, compassion, perspective, and profound love as we learn to live and parent five minutes at a time.
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From the Blog
Keeping Faith in Depression
My ongoing struggle with depression—I’m either too numb to feel anything, or the pendulum swings to the opposite extreme and I collapse in a torrent of tears. The voice of despair insists that the darkness is inevitable, that the pain will never subside
Questions about a small group or support group?
While small groups and support groups are outside Chronic Joy’s scope, we offer easy-to-use resources, practical guidance, helpful tips, creative ideas for connection, heartfelt prayers, and Chronic Joy publications (studies and companion resources).
A Remarkable Year
When Discovering Hope was published in September, the dream of connecting 1,000 books to 1,000 precious lives was born. Could it be done? Was it possible?