Christians with Chronic Illness Blog Carnival #2

Welcome to our second issue of Christians with Chronic Illness Blog Carnival. What is something you miss since you have had your chronic illness/pain? How have you been able to adjust and accept the fact you can no longer do “it”? What new hobbies or activities have you found you enjoy that somewhat replace what you lost? What has your family missed concerning your illness and how have you found a way to change the way you do things so you can still participate in family activities?

We are excited to introduce you to some wonderfully gifted writers and hope that they encourage you on this chronic illness journey. Our month carnival highlights the best articles from many blogs that we have visited, and we’ve gathered them together for your encouragement.

If you’re interested in submitting an article from your own blog the instructions are at the end. We also >> read more

HopeKeepers Magazine is Out

HopeKeepers Magazine Sample – Read 18 Pages Free!

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New 64-Page Digital Magazine Offers Spiritual Support to Chronically Ill

Over 100 million Americans live with a chronic condition and despite what we may assume, 60% of are between the ages of 18 and 64.1 This is nearly 1 in 2 people. HopeKeepers is a consumer magazine which offers spiritual support to those who live with a chronic condition, such as fibromyalgia, diabetes, or degenerative heart disease. It’s published by Rest Ministries, Inc. a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It began in 2003, but has now moved to a digital format to be able to reach more people and double its size from a digest version to 8.5 x 11. You can read 18 pages for free at www.hopekeepersmagazine.com .

This 64-page publication subtitled “joyfully serving the chronically ill,” is Christian in nature, and addresses diverse topics such as spiritual struggles, family challenges,>> read more

Health Hero Award Thank You!

Well, it was officially announced last week, I won the “audience choice” award for the Our Bodies Ourselves contest as the Women’s Health Hero. I was thrilled and planned to blog about it right away, but then I kept reading through all the nice things you wrote, and bawled. And then read some more. And felt so unworthy.

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More Newsletters Coming Soon

Hi, Friends!

Life has been a bit crazy as usual and though I was committed to the newsletter, time got away from me. Then I started reading the statistics and saw how few people actually received the ezine (past all those spam filters) and then what percentage read it. Well, not only was I in over my head with my time commitment, but it wasn’t even reaching you.

I totally understand your limitations in reading every email that you receive. I delete ezines I’ve subscribed to sometimes because I don’t have time to read them and if I don’t soon my inbox is over 500!

Plus, in the age of Twitter, I’ve (sadly) grown accustomed to explaining myself in 140 characters or less. This isn’t alwasy a good thing, and yet, if I can try to be precise and manage my time better, I can get back to my real love — writing. I have a mom book in the works that I would really love to finish up!

And yet, there is so much great information I run across on the web. Health/illness resources I want you to know about, inspirational videos, encouraging articles, etc. What’s a gal to do?

Well, my answer is that I am condensing the newsletter to one kind of tip or article or book review a week. That will be sent to you via your subscription that we use through GetResponse. If you aren’t sure if you are signed up, go ahead and click here and if you are already signed up, it won’t sign you up again.

Then as I come along news about Rest Ministries or ministry web site, health sources, etc. everything else will get posted on MY BLOG at www.chronicillnesssupport.com. You can click this link right here and get whatever I post in an email and if it doesn’t interest you delete it right then and there.

You won’t have a long email that you have to decided to read or delete, or take up space in the meantime. More things will be in one place and I hope I can keep better track of it all too that way!

Sound okay?

I hope you will find this helpful! And don’t forget that we have lots going on now with preparations for Invisible Illness Week plus our new Christians with Chronic Illness Blog Carnival.

As with any information, I know it won’t all apply to you all the time, but I hope that you have a chance to glance at the topic matter and then when you meet someone who is going through a difficult time or if you are in need of encouragement, you will remember something you read that you will come back to now.

God bless,

Lisa Copen