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Life Changes

Making a Career Change

If you’re thinking about making a career change, consider using this plan to satisfy yourself personally and professionally.

Making Ends Meet

While looking for a job, seek help from these sources rather than credit cards.

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Caring for Ill or Aging Parents

Taking care of aging parents is one of life’s toughest responsibilities. But planning and cooperation will ease the adjustment – for parents and adult children alike.

Grief, Trauma or Depression?

Strong feelings of sadness almost always occur following the death of a close friend or family member. But what happens when these feelings don’t subside?

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Managing Stress When Caregiving

Becoming a caregiver involves major changes that can easily feel overwhelming. Consider these suggestions to help ease the emotional and physical strain.

Remaining Positive When Facing a Chronic Illness

Rebuilding your life with chronic illness begins by seeking God, forgiving others, eliminating toxic relationships, taking risks, identifying your talents and sharing them with others.

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Caregiving From a Distance

How can you help when your elderly mother or father who lives many miles away?

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Choosing the Right Job for the Right Reason

When choosing a vocation Christians must weigh their priorities very carefully, because when we are out of God’s priority guidelines, we are out of His will.

Ministering Effectively to the Chronically Ill

Experts encourage churches and individuals to listen and give the “gift of presence” to the chronically ill. Learn what to say to help.

Coming Out of “Parenting Retirement”

Your son or daughter may have left home, but don’t forget that once a parent, always a parent.

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Ministering to the Prodigal Son (or Daughter)

How do you parent in the face of some interesting (and possibly foolish) decisions on the part of your child?

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Common Career Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

When looking for a job, frame your search around the type of work that suits you best.

Story: Caring for Mom

Jean Hoffmann tells about her challenges and rewards of providing day-to-day care for an elderly parent.

Story: Leaving for College

Letting go wasn’t easy for Phil and Cheri Straw. It became even harder when their college-bound daughter changed career plans.

When Family Members Adjust to Their New Roles

Most parents are accustomed to caring for their children—no matter their ages. So what happens when these roles reverse?

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Coping With Death and Grief

A loved one dies and the despair seems unbearable. Grieving the loss is where the healing process begins.

Adjusting to Life After an Adoption

After parents adopt a child, it’s important for their new transracial or transcultural family to help the new family member feel at home. Here’s how.

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When We Suffer: A Biblical Perspective on Chronic Pain and Illness

Why we suffer may always remain a mystery on this side of eternity. We can, however, glean certain truths from God’s Word.

Adjusting to Life With Chronic Illness

Chronic illness experts, professional grief counselors, and mental health specialists offer practical tips, helpful resources and general principles to help navigate life with chronic illness.

Debunking First-Time Parenting Myths

As if the stress of being new parents isn’t enough! We’re setting the records straight on several misconceptions about pregnancy and early parenthood.