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"I
wish pastors
would keep this book
on their desk to hand
to people that need to know how to help a
chronically ill friend."
Diane Pederson, Christian Literature Editor, Bella Online
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Beyond
Casseroles: 505 Ways to
Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend
By Lisa Copen
Retails for $7
each
Purchase
them here for just
$4.50 each or 3 for $10
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
We all
want to help people but we don't know where to start. We hear others
who want to reach out to us, or other chronically ill friends, but
they make simple offers that we never feel comfortable accepting.
This book is a wonderful way to give people ideas to be creative,
approachable, and a great friend.
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| Beyond Casseroles 505 Ways to Encourage
a Chronically Ill Friend is quite a handy little book.
It’s easy to read, helpful, insightful and written by a
truly compassionate author, Lisa J. Copen, who knows what it’s
like to have a chronic illness.
This book is small enough to fit in your purse or your tote
bag, but it’s packed full of ideas to help with people
with chronic illnesses. The ideas range from the practical
like helping with the mail to lending emotional support and
offering encouragement. What I really liked were the suggestions
on what not to say to someone with a chronic illness.
Although the book is intended to offer ideas to encourage
a chronically ill friend, there are many ideas that someone
who has chronic illness, like myself, could apply to their
own life. One thing I’ve learned living with migraines
is that I have to be a good friend to myself, although some
days it’s hard putting up with me. With the imaginative
and caring ideas in this book, it might just be a little easier.
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Migraine Chick
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Why Can't I Make People Understand?
Discovering the Validation Those with
Chronic Illness Seek & Why
by Lisa Copen
Retails
for $14 each
Purchase
them here for just $10.00
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
"No one get's it!" we all exclaim at one time or another.
But if you feel this way on a regular basis you may be in trouble!
This book gives you unique insight into why you crave the understanding
of those around you when you are suffering.
Why
Can't I Make People Understand? Discovering the Validation Those
with Chronic Illness will help you work
through this and more, such as. . .
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What happens
to your spiritual life when you feel alone and misunderstood
in your pain?
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How does
your atitude
affect if you get the understanding you seek or not?
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How should
you pray for others to understand and change
their attitude about your illness?
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Why do
some prayers get answered but with poor
results?
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"I just finished reading Why Can't I Make People
Understand? Discovering the Validation Those with Chronic
Illness Seek and Why.
It gave me new insight into some of my own emotions and frustration
in my 4-year struggle with fibromyalgia, especially with my
extended family members. It addresses many of the emotions
that people with a chronic (and sometimes invisible) illness
face and shows how to reflect on God's perfect Will for our
lives through His Word (the Bible); how to be a blessing to
others through the pain; and because of the pain, we are in
a unique position to bless and encourage others to turn to
Jesus for their comfort in their times of trial.I highly recommend
it." ~Kathryn D.
"Copen’s writing style is
easy to read. Her writing is very logical. I particularly
enjoyed reading through the review, reflection, scripture,
action, and prayer suggestions at the end of each chapter.
She doesn’t tell us to just 'pray about it' and she doesn’t
promote 'instant healing' if you just believe enough. ~Diane
Pederson, Christian Literature Editor, Bella Online
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"Google Books" or here
to download the
first 50 pages for free.
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Mosaic Moments:
Devotionals for the Chronically Ill
By Lisa Copen & Friends
Retails for $15
each
Purchase
them here for just $12
This book is
very real and emotionally raw, but somehow Copen still makes it
one of the most encouraging devotional books for the chronically
ill that is in print! This isn't a book full of fluff, with generalize
chronic illness devotionals finished off with a pat answer. Instead,
it comes straight from Lisa's journal of ten years of living with
chronic illness--rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. You'll read
about the ups and downs of diagnosis, illness treatment, unexpected
side effects, and surprise blessings. And all of these events carry
a ton of emotions with them-- some easy to understand, but others
that even the strongest of those in their faith grapple with.
Thousands of
people love the daily
devotionals sent via email from Rest Ministries. Now have a
special book filled with devotionals for your bedside table. Mosaic
Moments has over 200 devotionals, from Rest Ministries founder Lisa
Copen, and your other favorite writers. You won't be disappointed!
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"There are times when chronic illness threatens to steal
something new from every area of life. It is then that Rest
Ministries has proven to be my lifeline, their daily devotionals
I receive via e-mail providing manna for the moment. Mosaic
Moments has stocked that manna in a single comforting
compilation.
A virtual cupboard brimming with heart-to-heart stories grounded
in Biblical truth, it is written by real people in the trenches
of chronic illness-people who deal with the very issues I
face each day as I live with chronic pain caused by neurofibromatosis.
I finished each serving not simply fulfilled, but encouraged
to go on. Mosaic Moments is
truly heaven's Chicken Soup for the Chronically Ill Soul."
~ Roberta Messner, Ph.D., R.N., author of numerous medical
and inspirational articles on living with chronic pain; co-contributor
to Guideposts and Daily Guideposts
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So You Want to Start
a
Chronic Illness/Pain Ministry
By Lisa Copen
Retails for $15 each
Purchase
them here for just $14.50
This 70-page
manual will lead you through everything you need to know to have
a more effective outreach to people who live with chronic illness
or pain. It's designed with symbols and in an easy-to-read format;
it also includes over 65 personal anecdotes from people in pain.
This book will equip your church with the skills to know...
- How to reach
out to people who live with chronic illness or pain in ways that
will show them God’s love; what is a person in pain searching
for?
- How to know
what to say and not to say to someone hurting.
- What you
should pray for: healing or God’s will?
- How to get
chronically ill people actively involved in your congregation
and encourage them to reach out to others who are hurting.
- How to you
start a HopeKeepers chronic illness support group/bible study
in your church.
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"An excellent resource that no church should be without!
I learned a lot and loved the style of the whole manual. Finally,
I have a starting point for a chronic illness ministry."
~D. Bradley, TX
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When Chronic Illness Enters
Your Life
Bible Study
By Lisa Copen
Retails for
$7 each
Purchase
them here for just $6.50
This is a 5-lesson
Bible study for individual or groups.
- Learn how
to feel God’s presence when you feel so alone.
- Understand
why God doesn’t always give you the answers to your "whys."
- Find out
how God can use you, even when you feel exhausted.
- Recognize
ways to put your worries and fears about the future aside.
- Discover
ways of building quality relationships, even when friends don’t
understand what you are going through
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I received your book, When
Chronic Illness enters your Life, and can't begin
to tell you what a difference it has made in my life. My fiancé
was having a difficult time coming to grips with what it would
mean to live with someone with a chronic illness and working
through this book together is helping us both understand what
the other deals with. Thank you so much. ~ Tami
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Learning to Live with Chronic
Illness
Bible Study
By Lisa Copen
Retails for
$7 each
Purchase
them here for just $6.50
This is a 5-lesson
Bible study for individual or groups. Come with us on this journey
as we address the daily issues of living with a chronic condition.
- Discover
how to feel more comfortable accepting help from others.
- Learn how
to overcome feelings of guilt, moving towards acceptance of God’s
grace.
- Find out
how to surrender over to God your attempts to control your life.
- Chronic illness
often affects one’s body image. Recognize how to base your
self-image on how God sees you.
- Understand
why even Christians become depressed and how to move on to feeling
better
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I found this booklet to be very helpful. It asks very good
questions and walks you through identifying what you are going
through, letting you know you are not alone, and leading you
to find the positive in life even through suffering. It explains
quite clearly that God does not put suffering on us, but He
will help us walk through it. ~Amazon Reviewer
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A
Woman's Health Resource Journal
CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
More available soon!
Lisa Copen
$24.95
An amazing journal
that has many pages to fill out about your health history, drug
ies, symptoms, pain level, and even forms to help you specify your
pain if you file for disability.
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"From the standpoint of a disability lawyer, it is a
dream. Clients using this book will come to legal interviews
prepared to outline their cases very quickly. I intend to
recommend it to women clients, and hope Ms. Copen will soon
produce a similar book for men." [Yes, we are!]
~Douglas M. Smith, Attorney at Law, Physicians' Disability
Services and Pds Disability Facts
"Of all the health journals that I have seen, A Woman's
Health Resource Journal is the most complete and thorough
product on the market. It covers a gamut of practical business
issues and care on a mind/body/spirit level for a person living
with chronic illness. It would be a tremendous aid for people
who are newly diagnosed, as well as, someone who has lived
with illness on a long-term basis and their families."
Kathleen Lewis, author of Celebrate Life! published by the
Arthritis Foundation.
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Rest
Ministries Promotional DVD
$2.50 + shipping
See
back of CD Case with description
This is available
to watch for free on our web site, but can also be purchased for
a nominal fee to be able to share with your church, pastor, friends,
support group, etc. It's an excellent 5-minute video about the history
of Rest Ministries, Lisa's story, and a visit to a HopeKeepers group
where members share. Watch
it for free here. Nearly 3000 people have watched it on YouTube!
* If you need a copy of this to present HopeKeepers groups to
your church and are unable to afford the cost, please just email
us your request for a free copy along with your postal address.
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AUDIO PRESENTATIONS
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Finding
Treasures in the Darkness:
If there is an "upside" of illness, you'll hear about
it here!
Lisa Copen, presentation, 1 hour
See
back of CD Case with description
$8.50
Are there really
treasures of darkness? When you live with a chronic illness they
can be hard to find… but they are there! Walk with Lisa Copen
through the treasures you can find if you patiently look.
- Our life
has new priorities
- We entrust
the Lord with more of our needs
- We alter
our perspective
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it even shields us from danger
If you live
with a chronic illness this presentation will encourage you and
even cause a few laughs of understanding. Lisa shares about the
ups and downs in her own life and Biblical examples of our own struggles.
Her enthusiasm and energy will renew your spirit and make you take
a second look at just what a real treasure is - especially those
found in the darkness.
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Chronic Illness & Hopes & Dreams:
Keep 'Em or Wean 'Em?
Lisa Copen,
presentation, 1 hour
See
back of CD Case with description
$8.50
Have you ever
questioned what God has planned for your life? Have you been frustrated
that living with a chronic illness has forced you to give up so
many of your dreams and goals? How do we keep having hope when our
dreams are slipping through our fingers?
In this taped presentation, Lisa will walk you through the steps
of deciding what dreams to discard and what dreams to hold onto.
She discusses how to:
- prioritize
your dreams.
- go after
your dreams when just daily living is so difficult.
- serve God
through your new dreams & more.
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Preparing for Chronic Illness/Pain Ministry: The
First 5 Steps Toward a Successful Ministry Plan
Lisa Copen,
presentation, 1 hour
See
back of CD Case with description
$11.00
Have you ever
wondered what to say to a hurting friend? Do you have a desired
to reach out to people in your church and community who are living
each day in chronic illness, but you don't know where to start?
You’ll
be led through the first five steps of preparing and launching your
chronic illness/pain ministry and starting a HopeKeepeers(R) group,
a comforting small group environment in your church. Discover if
you have the passion for chronic illness ministry. Learn how to
address the issue of healing. Gain insights on what to say and what
not to say to people who are living in chronic pain, and ways in
which they want to get involved in your church. An excellent supplement
to So You Want to Start
a Chronic Illness/Pain Ministry book
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Lisa
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