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A list of faith-based books, organizations, and websites for those dealing with chronic pain, disability, depression, and other forms of suffering. 

By: Terry Powell

There are at least five benefits of taking time off and being away. I’m talking about the wonderful deposits we place into our souls when we take a vacation. I’m returning from four weeks off of wo...

In this blog post, Andrea Sears conducts a further analysis of the results of a "returned misisonary" survey, examining how family factors influence missionary attrition. 

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For those of you who participated in or have been following the missionary attrition study from last fall, this is the post that you have been waiting for. It is time for some initial results!

Leaving is hard on stayers. Here are 10 tips for staying well.

A new study found that taking naps may help your brain process information it receives unconsciously. Why naps are good, how long is best, and what healthy habits it can indicate or point to proble...

Researchers have found that the damage to DNA caused by the malaria parasite in cells increases the risk of those cells turning into cancerous cells.

Article by Thandeka Moyo

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....

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.

 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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I was not aware of the concept of frozen grief until I stumbled across an article by Marilyn Gardner of Communicating Across Boundaries. All of a sudden pieces of the puzzle started falling into pl...

One may ask when grief is not complicated?! The essence of grief is that it is complicated. Grief impacts many aspects of life and your sense of stability; the core of who you are is displaced.&nbs...