Families are in crisis this back-to-school season. Your gift today can give them hope and guidance.

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, more parents are reaching out for biblical help, but giving has slowed and Focus on the Family is facing a $2 million ministry shortfall.
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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Your gift by August 31 will help reach them with biblical guidance, restore hope in their homes, and point them to Christ.

Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

Will you make a gift before August 31 to help provide Christ-centered support in this critical season?

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Lisa Harper

Lisa Harper is a respected Bible teacher and popular public speaker who addresses audiences at events and churches all over the world. She formerly served as the director of Focus on the Family’s Women’s Ministries and created the Renewing the Heart women’s conference. Lisa holds a Masters of Theological Studies from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis and recently completed her doctoral studies at Denver Seminary. She has authored a dozen books including Stumbling into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually Clumsy Woman; A Perfect Mess; Believing Jesus; and Life: An Obsessively Grateful, Undone by Jesus, Genuinely Happy, and Not Faking it Through the Hard Stuff Kind of 100-Day Devotional;  Learn more about Lisa by visiting her website.

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Believing God’s Promises Despite Hard Circumstances

Are you waiting for a miracle from God? In this winsome presentation, author and bible teacher Lisa Harper shares how the Lord redeemed gut-wrenching disappointments in her life. She encourages believers to see “waiting on God” as the bold stance of a prayerful warrior, not an attitude of defeated pessimism.

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Grief and Loss: Knowing When Kids Need to Talk

Take the time to help your children process worry, grief and loss

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Finding Happiness in God (Part 2 of 2)

In a discussion based on her book The Sacrament of Happy, Lisa Harper explains how happiness is a biblical concept and why God desires for us to be happy. She also describes how we can experience happiness in healthy ways and how it’s possible for happiness and sadness to co-exist. (Part 2 of 2)

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Finding Happiness in God (Part 1 of 2)

In a discussion based on her book The Sacrament of Happy, Lisa Harper explains how happiness is a biblical concept and why God desires for us to be happy. She also describes how we can experience happiness in healthy ways and how it’s possible for happiness and sadness to co-exist. (Part 1 of 2)

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Finding Joy in Pain

Bible teacher and speaker Lisa Harper explains how God used the Book of Job to teach her about finding joy in the midst of challenging life circumstances. She offers the encouraging reminder that God does not abandon us, and has a plan and a purpose for our lives.

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Impacting the Culture by Walking With Jesus (Part 2 of 2)

Speaker and author Lisa Harper discusses some of the difficult life challenges she’s experienced through which she’s learned to depend on God, accept His love and live out her faith. (Part 2 of 2)