Healing What You Can't Erase

Did you know 40 million adults suffer from depression, and 4 in 10 US adults have developed high levels of stress and anxiety since the start of the pandemic? 58% of those are young adults. Clearly, we have a mental health crisis in America. In this conversation, Christopher Cook, author of Healing What You Can’t Erase and host of the WinToday podcast, is no stranger to deep depression. He uses the acronym SEED to help us understand the 4 steps to uncovering the root causes of anxiety and replacing lies with truth. His goal is to encourage us to…

Emotions, FaithMARKINC MinistriesMay 13, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Addiction and Hope

Due to generations of hurt in his family, country music singer Ben Fuller turned to cocaine and alcohol at a young age. He got involved in a devastating drug-fueled relationship which led him to understand better, the other side…

Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesMay 6, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Conflict with Adult Children

One in four adults are estranged from their parents, so says one 2022 study. According to another study, 11% of mothers between the ages 65 – 75 with two or more grown children were estranged from at least one…

Parenting, FaithMARKINC MinistriesApril 29, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Hope for the Parents of the Prodigal Child ~ from a Prodigal

Do these words haunt you: "Mom, Dad, I don't want your rules and morals. I don't want to act like a Christian anymore! And I'm not going to," Barbara Juliani (then Barbara Miller) made this declaration at the age 18. As her father desperately attempted to reason with her, Barbara grew more resentful, choosing a path of immorality that only deepened her parents' pain.

Such a declaration from a child, no matter their age, creates havoc and soul-searching in the hearts of their parents, who often ask, “What did I do wrong?”

Parenting, FaithMARKINC MinistriesApril 21, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

A Widow's Journey

“So who am I now that there’s only one place at the table….one pillow with a head dent, one towel damp after a shower? There’s only one toothbrush in the holder. The seat is never left up anymore. I can still write…

Grief, Warrior WomanMARKINC MinistriesApril 17, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Hope In The Midst Of Grief

In this wide-ranging interview, two mothers who have experienced the grief of losing their children transparently answers questions from how to push the question “why” through the grid of God’s love and sovereignty, to how to protect marriages assaulted by grief. Nancy’s loss of two children uniquely qualifies her to offer help and hope in sorrow’s darkest night.

Grief, Warrior WomanMARKINC MinistriesApril 8, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Preparing To Die Well

Someone has said there are only two sure things in life – death and taxes. While this is meant to be funny, the part about death is true. Each one of us will die, yet…

Later Years of LifeMARKINC MinistriesApril 1, 20248th 30, 2024Comment