Worker Absenteeism Tied to Hope

American businesses lose $300 billion annually because of employees struggling with chronic health conditions and billions more due to mild illnesses ...

Michael J. Fox Learns from Parkinson's Disease

The Jewish actor Michael J. Fox admits that he's struggled with the reality of his Parkinson's disease. Fox said, "Coping with the relentless ...

'The Weather Channel's' "Storm-Tracker" Describes Life's 'Real' Storms

For the past 38 years (as of 2024), Jim Cantore, The Weather Channel's "Storm-tracker," has tracked, chased, run into, and then reported ...

Cancer-stricken Author Learns to Walk at Turtle Speed

When Bruce Feiler, the best-selling author of nine books, got the devastating diagnosis of bone cancer in his thigh, his twin daughters were three-years-old. ...

Boy with Rare Disease and Rare Gift Declares God's Goodness

Anson Hui is Nineteen-years-old. At the age of three, he was diagnosed with Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD), meaning his body can't break down or store ...

Christopher Hitchens Writes about His Battle with Cancer

In the summer of 2010 the popular author and atheist Christopher Hitchens was diagnosed with cancer. With his usual candor and clarity, Hitchens movingly ...

Joni Eareckson Tada Longs for Her New Body

In her book, A Place of Healing, author Joni Eareckson Tada reflects on "normal": "Relief from chronic pain—even though I remain ...

Faith, Hope, and Healing

When the prayer made in faith is not answered, and the healing for which many have sought does not come, we are not to look for someone to accuse of failure ...

Husband Learns Much Through Caring for Wife

When Dick Peterson's wife, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he knew many challenges awaited his family. What he didn't know was ...

The (Not So) Terrible Year

I'm sitting in yet another hospital waiting room.

Ever since my husband, Barry, first underwent open heart and quadruple bypass surgery 15 months ago, ...