Posts tagged crisis support
Carrying Each Other: How Chronic Illness Affects Caregivers

Caregivers are so much more than visitors!

Caregivers have their own unique stories. They have emotions that are unique and fears that are unique and needs that are unique. Let’s not forget the Caregivers when we talk about living with chronic illness. They are quite literally the hands and feet of Jesus and we cannot make it through crisis without them.

Today, I have for you TWO video interviews for Caregivers. If you have a loved one living with chronic illness or a friend in crisis, we love you, and these interviews are for you.

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God Knows: a Conversation with Marissa Henley

Marissa Henley is a cancer survivor. Her book, Loving Your Friend Through Cancer is what I fondly call the textbook on how to be the most supportive friend you can be to your friend in crisis. Marissa shares how her amazing community walked with her through cancer but the practical lessons inside apply to your friend with any severe or chronic suffering. It could have been titled, Loving Your Friend Through Lyme’s Disease, or Loving Your Friend Through Divorce, or so many similar titles.

Practical lessons like: Knowing your place in the Circles of Friendship and Jen Hatmaker’s Ring Theory; Matching your friend’s tone; and How to speak to your friend in The Pit. We finish up with a chat about Survivorship.

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21 Days of Prayer for Your Friend with Cancer

What do you do when you want (shall I say “need”) to support a friend? What if you aren’t close enough to do the do-ing things you long to do?

I wrote out 21 Bible verses that I will pray for my friend with cancer, one verse for each day she is gone at a treatment center. Want the list? I’m sharing it so you can join me. Or use it to pray for other friends.

Let’s lift up these words of promise to the One who love us best and first.

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