Illness, Teens MARKINC Ministries Illness, Teens MARKINC Ministries

Chronic Illness: Stories From Young Adults

Instead of enjoying the freedom that comes with young adulthood, there is a whole population that struggles to reconcile their physical limitations with everyday life. Three young adults share their own stories of dealing with delayed life plans, limited social lives, and the search for friends who “get” their physical disabilities. Tim, Stephanie and Stephen give us a glimpse into the ongoing battles to find purpose and joy as they live each day with chronic illnesses.

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Grief MARKINC Ministries Grief MARKINC Ministries

Suicide and Mental Illness: Jonathan's Story

Suicide is a broad and deep issue that has many different contexts. Sometimes mental illness plays a role in suicide, but not always. In this transparent conversation, Jonathan’s parents share their son’s story of mental illness that didn’t show itself until he was in college.

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Parenting MARKINC Ministries Parenting MARKINC Ministries

Adoption: Acknowledging the Primal Wound

This resource will help adoptive families enjoy the blessings and struggles of adoption. This compelling interview is designed to equip adoptive parents and adopted children to better understand the “primal wound” that some adopted children experience.

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Grief, Parenting MARKINC Ministries Grief, Parenting MARKINC Ministries

Stillbirth: From Empty Arms to Hope and Healing

Days away from the joy of holding their first child, Bill and Michelle feel their world crumbling as the doctor’s words settle in to their souls, “There is no heartbeat.” Justin and Carrie look forward to welcoming their second child into their home when their doctor gives them the same horrific news.  Two couples, two responses to loss that seems almost impossible to bear.

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Military MARKINC Ministries Military MARKINC Ministries

Vietnam: We Remember

Total American Lives Lost in Vietnam: 58,253. As of 1973 Missing In Action and Prisoners of War: 2, 646. As of 2010 – 1,698 MIA/POW are still unaccounted for. The average infantry saw 240 days of combat in one year. The average age of a G.I. in ‘Nam was 19 years. Each one represents a man or woman and their families who have lived with the consequences of unresolved stress and anguish over the excruciating sacrifice our country made for a war America did not win.

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Grief, Military MARKINC Ministries Grief, Military MARKINC Ministries

The Ultimate Sacrifice

This resource addresses and honors the ultimate sacrifice made by brave men and women on behalf of our nation, for us! Dr. Chuck Betters and his wife, Sharon, interview Richelle Hecker who lost her husband and Burt and Donna Kephart who lost their son when each made the ultimate sacrifice, leaving behind beloved casualties of the war in Iraq. These interviews tackle the most provocative challenges of losing a loved one in battle and will profoundly impact you as you experience their “walk through the grief and pain.”

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Relationships MARKINC Ministries Relationships MARKINC Ministries

Adultery: Forgiveness and Redemption

Adultery. Infidelity. Betrayal. No one wants to hear those words or experience such devastation. Some who have felt its power say it is the worst pain one human being can inflict on another, because it is the epitome of rejection by someone who should unconditionally love you. In this interview, you will hear a betrayed wife, whose husband did not repent of his sin, share her pathway to forgiveness and redemption.

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Military MARKINC Ministries Military MARKINC Ministries

The Demons of War

The impact of war on individuals and families often goes unnoticed.   Dr. Chuck Betters and his wife, Sharon, engage in some of the most down to earth dialog in this series. . . These veterans respond with specific solutions and real answers that will surely benefit those struggling with the “Demons of War.”   The Demons of War resource addresses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

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Relationships, Military MARKINC Ministries Relationships, Military MARKINC Ministries

War and the Family

This 2-part resource is designed to help families prepare for, and deal with the challenges of separation during war-time deployment. In Part 1 one, the Betters interview a husband and wife whose marriage was severely tested by stress of the husband’s deployment. In Part 2, war-time a 20 year career officer, his wife and their teenage daughter share their thoughts and feeling on how war-time deployment effected the family.

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Addiction MARKINC Ministries Addiction MARKINC Ministries

Alcoholism

The very word conjures up sadness, broken families, humiliation, isolation, secretiveness, despair, and hopelessness. The Betters talk to Steve and Tracy Wallace, who don’t candy coat their painful pathway through Steve’s alcoholism and back to wholeness…

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