If you are dealing with an unfaithful spouse, the pain you are feeling unfortunately comes with the territory.  The consequences of an affair are overwhelming and horrifically painful.  I have heard it likened to post traumatic stress syndrome.  You are in a place you never expected to be. Here are a few things that will help you navigate this...... >Read More

Tags: affair, challenges & conflict, challenges & conflicts, cheating, crisis, family issues, hardship & suffering, marriage, mentor, pain, relationship, resolving conflict, Self, sex and love, spouse, survive

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Take a deep breath: You will survive, you are not alone and it has happened to someone else, there is hope.  You feel like your world is out of control right now and it probably is.  Remember it won’t stay this way forever.  Think of another time you felt overwhelmed, what did you do to handle it in a... >Read More

Tags: beth scholes, commitment, crisis, emotions, Family, healthy marriage, help, loss, mentor, plan, prayer, resolving conflict, saving a marriage, Self

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I was discussing the word “disability” with a friend of mine and realized how easy it is for that word to sound like “broken”. I asked him “Does God break people on purpose?”  While our conversation veered away to other topics, the question has stuck with me.  Does God break people on purpose? It’s a heavy question, one... >Read More

Tags: Claire Colvin, crisis, Culture, disabled, Family, God, health, hope, peace, prayer, suffering, theology

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Photos of the suffering in Haiti are inescapable. For Curt & Michelle Friesen of Okotoks, Alberta the images are personal.  Their daughter Jessica, 18, flew to Haiti to volunteer at an orphanage  the day before an earthquake rocked the impoverished nation. First things first, Jessica is safe.  Miraculously, she was able to phone her parents...... >Read More

Tags: crisis, earthquake, God's Little Angels, Haiti, Jessica Friesen, orphanage, World

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