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Amber Parker
Dec 3, 20248 min read
Caregiving for Mental Illness During the Holidays
The holidays can be challenging for everyone, especially if your loved one is struggling with mental illness.
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Lisa Wenninger
Jul 27, 20225 min read
Immobilized to Move
This month’s guest blog is written by Lisa Wenninger, founder of Authentic Truths, who shares her personal journey of mothering two children
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Dawn Ward
Jun 13, 20226 min read
How to Discover Your Life's Purpose
Do you understand your purpose in life? Does it align with your dreams and plans for your future?
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Mary Rooney Armand
May 2, 20225 min read
How to Find Friends Through Times of Change
Guest Blog by Mary Rooney Armand of Butterfly Living As far as I know, there aren’t many classes or instruction manuals on how to find...
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Barb Winters
Mar 1, 20225 min read
How to Practice Self-Care When You’re Child Is Addicted
This month’s guest blog is written by Barb Winters, a mother whose son struggled with a porn addiction. For anyone with an addicted loved...
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Dawn Ward
Jul 5, 20217 min read
Having Difficult Conversations: How to Reason with Unreasonable People
“ Shh!” I hear the Lord’s gentle rebuke as my urge to respond takes over my ability to reason. The better choice would be to stop talking...
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Dawn Ward
Nov 22, 20204 min read
Book Review: Overcoming the Narcissist and Other Domestic Abusers
Overcoming the Narcissist, Sociopath, Psychopath, and Other Domestic Abusers: The Comprehensive Handbook to Recognize, Remove, and...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 12, 20194 min read
The Ripple Effect of Living with Addiction
"He leads me beside the still waters." Psalms 23:2 "A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expand across the water when an...
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Dawn Ward
Jun 30, 20193 min read
God’s Grace For Our Loved Ones
“But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace..." Galatians 1:15 NLT Grace meaning- God's...
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Dawn Ward
Apr 27, 20197 min read
From Haughty to Humble
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and...
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Dawn Ward
Mar 31, 20194 min read
Living With Rejection
Growing up in an alcoholic home, I developed a coping mechanism for dealing with rejection.
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Dawn Ward
Nov 9, 20186 min read
The Day Addiction Knocked At Our Door
I will never forget the day addiction knocked at our door for the first time. It came in quietly, unannounced.
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Dawn Ward
Sep 27, 20183 min read
Living in Color
“‘Don’t call me Naomi,’ she told them. ‘Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. I went away full, but the Lord...
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Dawn Ward
Sep 7, 20183 min read
A Father To The Fatherless
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the...
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Dawn Ward
Sep 1, 20183 min read
Living Satisfied
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his faithful love and his wondrous works for all humanity. For he has satisfied the thirsty and...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 22, 20184 min read
When Hope Hurts
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick...” Proverbs 13:12a NIV I often make the snarky comment, “If I knew how selfish I was, I never would...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 15, 20183 min read
The Healer of Our Brokenness
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 NIV Wounds hurt. We don’t like pain. We are anxious to be healed. We...
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Lanie Graham
Aug 12, 20183 min read
Always A Daddy's Girl
Guest blog by Lanie Graham Growing up I was always a daddy's girl. I am the youngest of 3 girls. My dad always says, he loves all his...
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Dawn Ward
Aug 9, 20185 min read
How To Stop Fixating on Fixing
“Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set...
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Dawn Ward
Jun 2, 20183 min read
Sweet Embrace
“So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him;...
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