On January 12, 2010 a devastating earthquake hit Haiti just a few miles south of the capitol. The US Geological Survey reports that the initial quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, with aftershocks registering as high as 5.9.  The Richter scale considers 7.0 a major quake and notes that at 5.9 even the aftershock “can cause major damage...

After meeting the more urgent physical needs (like providing food, water, shelter, and medical care), the person might be ready to talk about his or her trauma. Below we give you some examples on how to help someone deal with the psychological impact of the crisis. What might be the most important thing you can do is give the individual the...

Oh, we talk about the best cold medications and if cherry cough syrup tastes better to kids than orange. We can recommend preschools and sneakers. But the hardest part of parenting is the least often discussed. The roughest aspect of being a parent is losing a child. Then we clam up. We don't want to hear. We are threatened. If her child died,...

In this video sermon, Glenn Driedger, director of church relations for Power to Change Ministries, shares about the death of his wife, how he worked through his grief, and what the Lord taught him through the experience. If you are dealing with grief, or know someone who is, we hope that this video will encourage and strengthen you during difficult...

Even though many members of my extended family (myself included) have never seen the little mechanical Christmas tree stand that now sits in my nephew Clarence Krause’s home in Saskatchewan, we all hold a special place for it in our hearts. More than just a neat little trinket from a by-gone era, the little stand – manufactured in Germany...

"Three fast-food workers were found shot to death Wednesday…." "An explosion caused by a leaking propane tank leveled a house, killing a woman…." "A young actor…was found dead in a hotel…." "A former long-haul trucker was executed by injection Wednesday for raping and stabbing three women…." "One body was discovered Wednesday...

In the wake of the horror and suffering of the recent terrorist attacks on Manhattan and the Pentagon, and recently the attacks on London, it has been heartwarming to see so many acts of heroism, beginning with the men and women who met a hellish death as they raced up the stairs of the World Trade Center to save lives. Thousands of volunteers, lavish...