My 19-year-old daughter has been hospitalized because she has tried to commit suicide. This has not only created a moment of crisis with in our immediate family but a very big puzzling question. Why would a person who professes to believe in Christ would attempt to commit suicide? What should I say to her? How can I tell her... >Read More

Tags: Bible, children, daughter, depression, Dr. Ray Bohlin, Father, Jesus, Men, suicide, teens, Women

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Harold is seventy-three and lives alone.  Six months ago he made a big transition from the family home to a two-bedroom apartment. It was amazing how many folks were there to help with the packing and the move.  His oldest son Bruce even took time off work to oversee the whole affair. Quite frankly, Harold is a bit bored in... >Read More

Tags: Allen Unrau, communication, depression, Family, grandparents, Men, Women

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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... >Read More

Tags: alice wisler, depression, Family, friendship, loss, parenting, Women

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“We can’t find a heartbeat. I’m sorry, your baby is gone.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – there obviously had been some crazy mistake. At first I thought they must be in the wrong room. I felt sorry for that poor woman next door – I wouldn’t want to be in her shoes right now. Or maybe it... >Read More

Tags: changed lives, Christie Hoos, closet issues, depression, Family, health, LIFE, loss, miscarriage and infertility, pregnancy, start faith adventure

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Recently, I passed a billboard that read, “Abortion changes you.” This profound statement sunk deeper into my being beyond the mental processes that occur while driving down the highway; this statement was written on my heart. The truth is, at the age of 18, I was changed by an abortion – my abortion. No one had to... >Read More

Tags: abortion, depression, Family, healing, health, LIFE, loss, post abortion syndrome, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Women

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My father’s suicide catapulted me into a time of deep grief, a time when I questioned all I thought I knew about God, while clinging to Him daily for the strength to get through the pain. In those first shock-filled days after I heard the news that my father had hung himself in the basement of our home, my heart... >Read More

Tags: anne-marie montgomery, dad, death, depression, faith, Father, God, hope, loss, Men, questions, self-esteem, suicide, Women

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