"Ann, you have everything anyone could ever want!" a friend of hers exclaimed one day. "Oh, yes," she answered, "I have a beautiful home, all kinds of material things and a good husband. But what good are all these things if I feel like a walking zombie? I'm sick of taking tranquilizers and sleeping pills. This is no way to live!" Ann had been...

[flv:http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/ast.flv http://media.truthmedianetwork.com/media/ast.jpg 300 234] With a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other, Sharon Ast knelt beside her bed and asked God’s permission to take her own life. It wasn’t the first time her fate was about to be decided at gunpoint. Growing up, her alcoholic father...

Not too many people can say that they miss regularly getting up at 3:30 in the morning. But Mike Feenstra admits that rising before the sun to spend time in his dairy parlour milking cows is one of the things he misses most since he and his family sold their farm nine years ago. Going farmless The Feenstras have always made farming a family...

When he was fifteen, Roger Sabourin of Medicine Hat, Alberta, went through one of the worst experiences imaginable for a young teen: sexual abuse at the hands of a clergy member. Devastated by the experience but fearing what would happen if he went public with the crime, Roger chose to remain silent, keeping his hurt and grief to himself for the...

Several years ago I was challenged to think about what I had accomplished in my life, and Lord willing, what I would do over the remainder of the years I may be allowed to live.  My upbringing, education and career were centered very much on “accomplishing” (ie: being all that I could be, based on my God-given intelligence.) Truly blessed I...

The working woman today faces many decisions, one of which is whether to start a family. And if so, when? These decisions are usually made with little problems. Yet for one in six couples in the United States, conception does not occur without medical assistance. Many question when it is appropriate to seek medical consultation for infertility. Initial...

1. Most communities have a Department of Social Services. You can learn from them what help is available to women and children in an abusive situation. They can inform you of financial, practical, and counseling aid available in your area, as well as of "safe houses" or places of refuge. They may help you find another place to live, a job, and care...