by Cynthia Fantasia, author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver This is the last article in a three-part series on Alzheimer’s caregiving. In the past few weeks, I have shared thirteen lessons I learned (and …
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On a hot summer afternoon, I’m at the pool, smearing sunscreen on my squirming child’s face, expertly avoiding her eyes while never taking my eyes off the other two children in the water. Let me tell you: If there’s anywhere …
by Cynthia Fantasia, author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver This is part two of a three-part series on Alzheimer’s caregiving. Here, I share thirteen lessons learned (and am still learning) as I cared for …
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All power and authority find their source in the relational dynamic of leader and follower. Note what the devil offers Jesus in the second desert temptation: “The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an …
With all change comes loss Loss of time. Loss of control. Loss of power. Loss of options. Loss of consistency. Loss of relationship. Change is rarely the problem. It’s the loss that comes with change that most of us don’t …
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a British Baptist preacher who began his London ministry as a nineteen-year-old in 1854 and remained in the same pastorate until his death at age fifty-seven. He was a phenomenon. Long before the modern megachurch, six …
by Cynthia Fantasia, author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver This is the start of a three-part series on Alzheimer’s caregiving. These three articles contain thirteen lessons I learned (and am still learning) as …
Read moreLessons Learned from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver – Part One
I have never been a fan of darkness. As a young child, I’d ask my dad to check all the nooks and crannies in my room to be certain they were free from all things that lurk in the night. …
How can we know what something is actually worth? It’s a question we face every day. On one hand, we can confuse something that has only temporary value with something that is of lasting value. On the other hand, there …
(Note: You may be wondering why I’d chime-in on an event that seems so five minutes ago. I immediately had a reaction to the event, but I chose to take some time to listen to some friends of mine with different …
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