Spousal caregivers: When chronic illness crashes into your marriage
When Thomas and Carina returned from their honeymoon in 1997, Carina was placed on long-term disability from work due to a string of illnesses – ...
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What my chronic illness taught me about God
On January 20, 2014, my life, as I knew it, came crashing down around me in a single afternoon. I became bedridden. I couldn’t sit up without ...
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Bearing the burden of your child’s illness
Each summer during university breaks, I worked in a group home for six developmentally disabled adults. It was one of the most emotionally ...
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Understanding and Coping with Trauma
Trauma often results in physical injury such as broken bones or other injuries, causing sudden incapacitation and loss of the ability to respond or ...
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Suffering in Scripture: God knows and treasures our tears
“You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?” Psalm 56:8 Since God is all-powerful and ...
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Understanding and Navigating Anxiety
We all feel anxious at times, and anxiety itself is a natural, normal reaction to threat and danger. The challenge is when the volume is essentially ...
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Understanding and Navigating Addiction
While there are no simple answers to an issue as complex as addiction, we at Focus on the FamilyAustralia want to provide you with tools, resources ...
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How to know when your marriage is in trouble?
Marriage problems vary in complexity. You can solve most marriage trouble without help from a professional counsellor. However some situations ...
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Marriage Meditation: You Can’t Change Your Spouse
The best marriage advice says you can’t fix your spouse. But God specialises in fixing broken things. He cares about your marriage. Getting Started ...
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Married to a Front-line Worker
If you're a front-line worker, you and your spouse may be dealing with the extra stress caused by the coronavirus. Need help? Here's where to start. ...
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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
To answer the question: Why does God allow suffering?, you and your children will need some logic, communication, and patience, as well as an ...
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