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Resiliency in the Face of Adversity
By
Linda Mintle
Turn on the news, listen to the headlines and then consider the stress in your daily life. It can all be depressing. In difficult times, we need to know how to stand in the face of stress and change. This is called resiliency-that ability to bounce back from adversity and handle life. For years, researchers wondered if resiliency…
Helping Our Children Keep the Faith
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Linda Mintle
So many parents feel tremendous pain at having children who leave their Christian faith and do not go to church. According to studies by both Barna Group and USA Today, the staggering numbers are almost 75% of Christian young people. The reasons for this defection are many–competing cultural voices, biblical illiteracy, poor parent role models, hypocrisy…
Discouraged? Stand Strong During Difficult Times
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Linda Mintle
Sometimes when I turn on the news, I feel a bit defeated. It seems our culture is taking so many wrong turns in terms of values and civility. Add to this the personal issues that creep into our lives when people attack us, challenge our views or treat us in unfair ways. The result can be discouragement.…
A Crisis of Faith: Will You Stand?
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Linda Mintle
How strong is your faith when it comes to facing a crisis or difficulty? What if you suffer a life event that doesn’t go your way? Do you give up on God? Renee and her husband confronted this. Their child was very ill. So many were praying, yet the child eventually died. How could God…
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