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Deadly Emotions
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Did you know that negative emotions can adversely affect your health? Depression, anger, guilt, condemnation, low self-esteem-these are only a few of the lethal toxins that threaten body and spirit...

Sex and the Married Missionary
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Turns out, the power of a non-functioning sex life to taint everything is stronger than the power of a healthy sex life to improve everything.

Solo Zone: Whither the Single Male Missionary?
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

David Brainerd was one. So was Henry Martyn. And James Gilmour spent most of his career as one. Single men serving as cross-cultural missionaries. It's a short list by almost any measure....

Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Though marriage is highly esteemed throughout Scripture, the Bible also affirms singleness as an important calling for some Christians. Redeeming Singleness expounds a theology of singlen...

Q&A: Navigating Cultural Differences in Marriage
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

When two cultural backgrounds come together, the result can be a deeper and richer relationship. But potential obstacles need to be clearly identified and frankly addressed before moving ahead.

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Me, Myself, and I: Staying Grounded While Single and Living Abroad
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

 Taking Route is a group of expat women who want to reach out to other expat women around the globe and encourage them to take root, right where they’ve been planted.

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Grieving an Unfulfilled Dream
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

The reality of living overseas is that you are going to grieve multiple things, deeply. Anyone moving out of their passport country has a dream. Some want to help HIV patients o…

An Empty Ocean and the 10 Things We Must Remember About Grief
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Walking alone at a park, a friend of mine saw a woman busily walking towards her, dictating something into her phone. The woman looked earnest and concentrated. She came closer and closer, and as h...

7 Reasons You Need to Build Your Grieving Muscles
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

Those of you who lift weights will be familiar with “lower body” and “upper body” days. The thinking is that by targeting the lower body one day, you can rest the upper body, allowing the muscles t...

Helping Children Deal With Grief
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

You can't protect your kids from the pain of loss of a loved one, but you can help build healthy coping skills which will serve them well in adulthood.

Whats your Grief - A Grief Website for the Rest of Us
By PortalBot • August 21, 2020

What's Your Grief is a grief website and online community for grieving people and grief support professionals. We honor all types of loss and grief.