Life Challenges

Why didn’t they love me? And am I still not worth loving?Growing up without experiencing loving parental attachment leaves lasting pain. Moving past the hurt can seem impossible when unanswered...

In Estranged: Finding Hope When Your Family Falls Apart, Julie Plagens shares about her life as a child of well-known parents in full-time ministry and the hardships it puts on families to maintain...

Is there a way to walk into the final chapters of life with peace and confidence, and with support and wisdom? We all are living an earthly story with a beginning, middle, and end. While aspects of...

These short and simple reflections offer insight, empathy, and comfort to those who are grieving.            “Give yourself permission to mourn, to feel your loss, to fully express your grief. . .” Th

When prolonged, all-encompassing suffering decimates life, sufferers face painful questions about God--and unhelpful responses from others. Avoiding "miserable comfort," Hahn turns to Scripture for...

In her early 20’s, Catherine Renfro received a phone call no one should have. In broken hopelessness, her brother, Barrett, called out with despair before taking his own life. She and her father...

We Need God’s Help...and Fast!From behavioral consultant and bestselling author Deborah Smith Pegues, this collection of short, immediate, and heartfelt prayers will help you seek God in times of...

You Aren’t Alone on This Cancer JourneyAs a fellow cancer patient, author Wayne Hastings has been where you are. He has faced the hardships and pain you’re facing, as well as the feelings of fear,...

Marvel at the true home Jesus has prepared for you and me. Deep in our souls is a longing for a home—a place of beauty and goodness. A place where we—and the ones we love—are not touched by grief and...

There's hope for alcoholics who become Christians--and for Christians who become alcoholics· Learn what alcoholism really looks like· Discover how to break free from destructive habits and shame·...

“I used to say that my marriage was the anvil on which the Lord was forging the new man in Christ which He was fashioning for His purposes on this side of heaven. I now believe that my grief is His...

The Girl on the Bathroom Floor is a raw and unflinching look at the moments most never share, the ones behind closed doors, on the bathroom floor, in your car, or hidden in the closet—where pain,...

Statistically one in every hundred children born full term are stillborn. Yet, I never in my wildest dreams thought it could happen with my very own child. Losing my daughter was possibly the hardest...

A timely revised and updated resource on abortion recovery Over half of the women who have abortions have some Christian religious affiliation, and they have believed that abortion was the solution...