Coping with Crisis

Practical and Life-Giving Ways to Cope with Crisis

For anyone longing to be free from anxiety and fear, develop helpful rhythms and boundaries, and better deal with the hard things life throws your way, these articles and books offer a way forward! From a selection of bestselling books and authors, you’ll find just what you need to change your perspective, your habits, and your life during times of crisis, big or small.

Articles to Help You Cope with Crisis

How to Worship God Amidst the World’s Distractions

It was one of those days that turned into night and became morning without much respite. My sleeplessness was not because of a sick baby or a fearful toddler. I blame my mind....

How to Make a 5-Minute Plan for Any Emergency

When is the worst time to decide what to do in an emergency?

When the emergency hits....

As my husband, Roger, and I learned through firsthand experience, most of us temporarily lose our minds in the midst of a crisis....

God Can Use a Person Whose Heart Is Like This

Years ago, I heard a pastor tell a story that I’ll never forget. This seasoned preacher described how each week, after the Sunday service, he’d stand by the door of the church to greet people as they left for their cars....

But then the pastor described an encounter he had with a guy, Matt ...

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Amy Elizabeth OlrickSafely Raising Fearless Kids in a Fearful World

By Amy Elizabeth Olrick

So many things in life are beyond our control and even beyond our imagination. I think about that whenever I read an article about a tragedy involving a child—an eight-year-old drowned in a pool, a toddler run over in his driveway, the college freshman dead after drinking too much one night, a son lost to suicide.

I want to reach out to those mothers and say—say what? Maybe something like ...

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Books to Help You Cope with Crisis

Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life

By Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

The New York Times bestseller that's helped over 4 million people.

Learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.

The Daniel Prayer: Prayer That Moves Heaven and Changes Nations

By Anne Graham Lotz

Bestselling author Anne Graham Lotz will teach you how to pray effectively for your nation, your families, and yourself.

She found that while prayer does work, sometimes the “pray-ers” don’t. So she turned to the prophet Daniel for help. Join Anne in this thrilling discovery of prayer that really works.

Rhythms of Renewal: Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose

By Rebekah Lyons

Over 100,000 copies sold! Here is your guide to daily rescue and a way forward into the peace your soul longs for.

With encouraging stories and practical steps, Rebekah Lyons helps you begin an intentional, lifelong journey toward sustained emotional, relational, and spiritual health.

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

By Shauna Niequist

Over 500,000 copies sold!

In these pages, New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist invites you to consider the landscape of your own life, and what it might look like to leave behind the pressure to be perfect and begin the life-changing practice of simply being present, in the middle of the mess and the ordinariness of life.

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