Resources
When Homes are Heartless
Pastoral Care Rites and Prayers
Prepared by the LCMS Domestic Violence and Abuse Task Force
Prepared by the LCMS Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Task Force
Sexual assault, rape and domestic violence are difficult topics to address. They are emotionally volatile and heartbreaking life events, and for women who are suffering and trying to heal, the perfect peace of the Gospel is vital.
In Christ, there is hope and healing for survivors of sexual assault. This Bible study and its companion materials are intended to help fill this need in churches.
You Are Not Alone: A Prayer Book for Victims of Domestic Violence, is the newest resource from the LCMS Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Task Force. This devotional prayer book will help victims give voice to their heavenly Father in the midst of heartache and despair.
One of the most difficult tasks facing parents today is keeping the lines of communication open with their adolescent children. No longer “children” in the narrow sense of the word and not quite adults either, adolescents are often a mystery to their parents (as well as to themselves).
Assisted-suicide and euthanasia present the church, society, families, and individuals with one of the most ...
Tips for helping your young child or grandchild grow spiritually, socially and emotionally.
Ten Things Toddlers ...
A review of common contemporary challenges to a Christian worldview along with takeaways for parents seeking to confront them.
The Christian response to medical ethics today is to speak the Word of truth to empty lives that believe lies that ...
“It is my aim here to explore the venture of parenthood … from within the perspective of Christian faith — which has, after all, been one of the principal sources of our culture’s formation on this question, but which … may help to point us in the direction of a true humanism.”