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Not much has changed since the time of Isaac, Esau, and Jacob. Families still experience conflict and confusion; younger generations don't always understand older generations. In every family there is an unknown history that influences interactions a...

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Caring for Our Divorced Friends

By Eugenia Anne Gamble, Michelle Hwang

Most of us know someone who is navigating the murky depths of love's ending. Divorce is very common in our culture: 41 percent of first marriages, 60 percent of second marriages, and 73 percent of third marriages end in divorce. There is nothing simp...

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Caring for People with Alzheimer's

By Carol A. Wehrheim

How do persons caring for those with Alzheimer's disease care for themselves? How can congregations support those persons responsible for the care of persons with Alzheimer's disease? Through a personal story of caregiving for a husband with Alzheime...

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The Christian Funeral

By Adam J. Copeland

It's true: most people don't enjoy talking about death or funerals. They're such significant life experiences, that it can seem better to not mention them too often. Yet the rituals we practice and the prayers we say when someone dies aren't improvis...

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The Gift of Friendship

By Lynne M. Baab

Is friendship a dying art? Loneliness and isolation continue to increase in our culture. Yet, Christian values of community should provide an alternative to lives lived in isolation.The Bible teaches much about relationships that can help us be loyal...

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Theology literally means thinking about God. In fact, Christians have created a ■number of models for thinking about God. This can be fulfilling but it raises some ■vexing questions, as well. Are we all thinking about the same God? In the same ■way? Which model is best? Is only one true? Does the Bible go far enough in ■defining God for us? How can we share a faith if we're not all on the same ■page? This study will help clarify this confusing issue.

Helping Seniors Live Well

By LEO M COONEY JR.

How can you help elderly men and women in your community live with grace and dignity? In "Helping Seniors Live Well," Christian adults will discuss the challenges and opportunities that older people face. A Participant Handout and a Leader's Guide ar...

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Hospitality
Loving the Stranger

By David Otto

Hospitality is a theme most Christians take very seriously. How do we welcome strangers in our community? Do we welcome outsiders? What are our obligations to strangers? Do guests also have obligations to hosts?This two-session study reviews the impo...

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Interfaith Marriage

By Jay Rock

Interfaith marriage is and will continue to be a reality in our society. Regardless of how our various religious traditions regard it, men and women will fall in love and marry partners of different faiths. Such marriages offer challenges and opportu...

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Is It Ever Okay to Lie?
The Ethics of Lying

By BARBARA J. BLODGETT

What constitutes a lie and is it ever okay to lie? This one-session adult study explores definitions of lying, degrees of lying, and the ethics of lying. Participants will explore various components of lying and articulate their own view of lying.

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Living Wills

By Nancy J. Duff

If you were in a life-threating medical situation and couldn't speak for yourself, what decisions would you want made and by whom? In this newly-revised study, Christian adults will learn about living wills and get tips on how to create one. The stud...

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The Bible is filled with stories of marriage and children and chapter after chapter ■on who begat whom, but in the midst of laying out the Christian family tree, ■romance has not been forgotten. But to limit ourselves to seeking only romance, ■we may miss the opportunity to find fulfilling love in its many other forms.

Make Love Not War
A History of Valentine's Day

By Stephens G. Lytch

If someone told you that our contemporary Valentine's Day was rooted in an ancient ruler's need to recruit soldiers for battle, a subsequent ban on the bond of holy matrimony, and the execution of a priest named Valentine, well, one might wonder wher...

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Making End-of-Life Decisions

By Nancy J. Duff

Are there any medical situations in which life support should be withdrawn and a patient allowed to die? In this study Christians will review various case studies on end-of-life decisions. Together they will reflect on and discuss the ethical issues ...

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The Meaning of Thanksgiving

By Martha Bettis-Gee

How will you spend this Thanksgiving? In a traditional way? What does that mean, and where did that tradition come from? Do we celebrate Thanksgiving as it was first celebrated? Do we even know how it was first celebrated? This one-session study tell...

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Medical Ethics 101

By Jack A. Keller, Jr.

The complexities of medical care these days can be staggering. And much of the time decisions about medical treatment carry an inescapable sense of urgency. All kinds of potentially troubling situations arise regularly. When facing a potentially leth...

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Learn to LIVE* in 21 Days (*Listen, Immerse, View It Wider, and Explore)

New Year's Resolutions

By Jason Byassee

Is there anything inherently religious about the ways we celebrate New Year's? Should there be? In this one-session study, author Jason Byassee shares some ways Christians might celebrate New Year's. The Leader's Guide invites participants to reflect...

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