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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: Faithful in the Waiting

We’ve just read four beautiful, true love stories shared by women with chronic illness.  While each post has included words of advice for those who are still single, Emily and I would like to conclude this series with some encouragement specifically for those of us who don’t have a Special Someone at the moment. (I […]

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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: Emily’s Story

Thank you, Emily, for sharing your story of true love in chronic illness with us! Emily lives in Colorado, where she works as a marketing coordinator by day and a cakepop baker by night. She and Andrew will make their together home not far from her current home after they marry in May. (If you’d […]

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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: Kristen’s Story

Thank you, Kristen, for sharing your story of true love in chronic illness with us! Kristen and her husband, Tim, live in North Carolina, where Tim is studying at Bob Jones University. Kristen and Tim both answered our questions in the following video. If you’d like to read as well as listen, we’ve provided a […]

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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: Kristi’s Story

Thank you, Kristi, for sharing your story of true love in chronic illness with us! Kristi and her husband, JJ, live with their two boys in southern Maine. JJ owns a property management business and Kristi, when not running after her kiddos, blogs about home in Maine. (For more of her chronic illness journey, read […]

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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: Genna’s Story

We’re so thankful to Genna for sharing her story with us, and now with you as well! Each post in this series will include the questions we asked and each woman’s first-person answers. We hope these stories of true love in chronic illness–full of the real, the difficult, the beautiful, and ultimately the Gospel–can be […]

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In Sickness and in Health Wednesday Writings

In Sickness and in Health: What Is Love?

What is love? When you hear the word love, what comes to your mind? Do you think of romance, chocolate, roses, or something else? My fiancé, friends, and family joke around with me that I love “love.” What can I say, I’m a hopeful romantic at heart! But it wasn’t until I started dating my […]

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Wednesday Writings

The Narrow Place of Chronic Illness

I love driving down Main Street. At night. When the streets are empty and the air is quiet and only a few people move on the sidewalk under the glowing lamps.  Put me on Main Street in the middle of the day, however, and you’ll find me gripping the steering wheel with both hands, gritting […]

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Broken Dreams and Gold Dust: When Chronic Illness Changes Your Life

It’s been a decade, but the dreams still come. Each is a warped version of the same dilemma: I’m trying to find my way to my class, I have all the wrong books, I have no schedule, I’m too late to register, I can’t find my way to my dorm room, or some such problem. […]

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Spotlight: Diamonds Conference 2021

About Diamonds 2021 What is Diamonds 2021? Diamonds is an annual online conference for chronically ill Christians. Millions of chronically ill people battle impossible trials every single day. But so many of them feel so alone. The speakers of Diamonds 2021 want them to know they aren’t — not by a long shot. The theme […]

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Wednesday Writings

Anxiety in Chronic Illness, Part 2

The Strategy for God’s Peace Last week we looked at Romans 12 and ways to battle for our mind in the difficulties of chronic illness. Now let’s look at another equally important passage on thinking and anxiety.* “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made […]