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Moving Beyond Resilience to Steadfastness in Face of Life’s Storms Modeled in New Book
The term ‘resilience’ commonly refers to accepting a new reality caused by adversity, and to harness mental, emotional, and psychological resources to recover from sources of stress. After living and working through revolutions, military coups, civil wars and general third world day-to-day conditions, Dr Ross James believes that ‘steadfastness’ is a more accurate term to […]
Christian Faith and Pluralism: Just how are Christians to live in this non-Christian world?
It’s a familiar story… A dedicated Christian reads the Bible and prays before leaving for work. It’s a busy day of meetings, followed by a family dinner. As she gets into bed, she realizes that her Christian convictions haven’t consciously surfaced at all during the day. The ambitions of so-called ‘Christian leaders’ resulted in the […]
Tell-all book by abuse overcomer aims to inspire other women caught in abuse
It took Jakki Civeriati 26 years to overcome the cycle of emotional abuse she had lived in all her life. Jakki grew up in a family with emotionally abusive behaviors such as rage, verbal abuse, name calling, jealousy, gas lighting, and destructive criticism. At nineteen, Jakki married her first husband, a relationship that spanned sixteen […]
How you can deal with disillusionment
With such eagerness, we all waved goodbye to 2020 and invited the ‘fresh start’ that 2021 promised…But as time passes, and the familiar sounds of a Test Match on TV fill the room with some semblance of normality, there’s an unspoken sense of uncertainty, as every news break could announce the next COVID19 lockdown. Of […]