Chronic Joy®
Accessible Hope for Everyone!
Compassionately serving you with a wealth of accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational resources and publications for all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability. Hope starts here—you’re an indispensable, irreplaceable piece of the puzzle!
CHRONIC ILLNESS
As we journey through diagnoses and treatment plans, loss and isolation, sadness and grief, we can also discover the gifts of laughter, joy, and hope along the way. [Chronic Pain • Shame in Illness]
CAREGIVERS
A caregiver’s role can be rewarding and exhausting, difficult and joy-filled, meaningful and frustrating, isolating and inspiring—discovering God’s joy as you care for your loved ones.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Stigma, isolation, loneliness, and shame often follow a diagnosis of mental illness. With God, mental illness has no stigma. You are His precious child, deeply loved and fully accepted. [Anxiety • Depression]
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Hold Onto Possibility Everyday • Are you thinking about ending your life? Reach out for support. Are you concerned about a friend or loved one ending their life? Ask. Listen. Love. Pray. [Trauma Soul Care]
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Infusions of Hope
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
When my health began to decline, I started to see my tracker as an enemy, because I couldn’t see one step forward, just two steps back…
Being a Small Group Leader
A small group leader: 1) Learns by listening, 2) Entrusts group members to serve each other, 3) Enables group members to grow and mature in the faith.
Do Not Despise Small Beginnings
The first day back was slow – a very, very slow five minutes. And though I felt worse after exercising, I kept at it, continuing to log “my paltry five minutes” each day. Over the next several weeks, I added minutes and music, letting my stride sync with the rhythm of the songs.