About our guest this week:
Christine is the author of Clean Home, Messy Heart and Help! My Teen is Depressed. She hosts IBCD’s Hope + Help Podcast and has completed biblical counseling certificates with the Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship. She is passionate about advocating for biblical one-another care and discipleship in the context of the local church. Her writing has been featured at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood, Servants of Grace, and other Christian platforms. Christine blogs regularly at christinemchappell.com and lives in South Carolina with her husband and three children.
Encouragement from this episode:
Christine shared about—
- Giving hope to your hurting children
- Standing on the promises of God in hard times
- Dealing with your children’s fears and disappointments surrounding the pandemic
Resources
Some of the websites and books mentioned in the show that are sure to be a great help to any parent trying to comfort a hurting child or teen:
- Institute for Biblical Counseling & Discipleship (IBCD.org)
- IBCD’s Hope + Help Podcast (https://ibcd.org/hopeandhelp/)
- Christian Counseling & Education Foundation (ccef.org)
- LifeLine Mini-Books (https://www.shepherdpress.com/store/lifeline/)
- Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (biblicalcounseling.com)
- Help! My Teen is Depressed by Christine Chappell (christinemchappell.com/helpmyteen)
- Clean Home, Messy Heart: Promises of Renewal, Hope, and Change for Overwhelmed Moms by Christine M. Chappell (christinemchappell.com/cleanhomemessyheart)
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Devotional transcript:
