To Offer Comfort, Bury Your Quick Fixes
https://youtu.be/z3VlunX3i4M My sister, Loretta, is one of my favorite people in the whole world; so I could hardly...
To Offer Comfort, Bury Your Quick Fixes
Caregiving Basics
When a Friend is Hurting, Offer Listening Not Advice
When a Friend is Hurting, Offer Listening Not Advice
So many times, when someone comes to us and tells us about their pain, we aren’t sure how to respond. So we say the...
What to Say When You Are Uncomfortable Praying Aloud
What to Say When You Are Uncomfortable Praying Aloud
Are you comfortable praying aloud in public? If you are, good for you! I have a confession: praying aloud is...
How to Pray When You Can’t Find the Words
How to Pray When You Can’t Find the Words
How can you pray when you can’t find the words? Sometimes the news is so awful, that words escape us. Or the...
Caregiving Basic: Respect the Grief Journey
Caregiving Basic: Respect the Grief Journey
Editor’s Note: In any caregiving situation, we remind our readers to remember the Caregiving Basics: Pray, Listen,...
Never Say She’s in a Better Place
Never Say She’s in a Better Place
Guest post by Robert Luidens Note from Karen: this wisdom was shared with me by Robert Luidens, a pastor with the...
Listening Someone to a Solution
Listening Someone to a Solution
Guest post by Rodger Price, Executive Coach Have you ever noticed that you can “listen someone into” a great...
Don’t Talk Down to the Elderly
Don’t Talk Down to the Elderly
Letty Pogrebin in her book, How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick, gives advice on how to care for a sick...
