Ask Sister Faithful – How Do I Forgive Myself for My Sister’s Accident?

Dear Sister Faithful:
My family was recently involved in a car crash that left my younger sister paralyzed from the waist down.  She has recovered well, but doctors do not think she will ever regain the use of her lower limbs.  We are all still in shock about the accident and trying to assimilate what happened.  [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – How Do I Confront My Sister About Stealing From Our Mother?

Dear Sister Faithful:
Several months ago my younger sister moved back home with our elderly mother after losing her job.  Our mother is pretty self-sufficient, but she relies on us to handle a lot of her business.  Last week I was going through a few things in preparation to do my mother’s taxes and noted some [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – Do I Risk My Marriage To Attend My Daughter’s Wedding?

Dear Sister Faithful:
My 27-year-old daughter is getting married this June to a non-Christian. My husband says we should NOT attend the wedding because of principle. I feel this will jeopardize any chance we would ever have out reaching this young man. My husband says just the opposite. It has escalated to the point where my [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – How Do I Deal With Questions About My Brother’s Death?

Dear Sister Faithful:
My younger brother recently died due to complications from AIDS. He had hidden his homosexuality for years out of deference to our family’s position in the church.  Our parents have been adamant that no one know the real reason for his death.  They have been telling everyone that he had a heart attack.  [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – Surviving Marriage and Ministry

Dear Sister Faithful:
My husband and I have been married for eight years and have two small children.  We were both called into ministry before we got married and started our own church a few years ago.  Recently, we have started to argue and fight all the time.  Our relationship is getting more and more distant. [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – Should I Tell My Boyfriend About My Past?

Dear Sister Faithful:
I was a serious wild child growing up.  Very little parental oversight and early exposure to sex left me with a very casual view of sexual relationships.  By my early twenties I’d had a few abortions and more sexual partners than I care to count.  When I was about twenty-three I walked into [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – Can Modern-Day Cinderella Forgive Wicked Stepmother?

Dear Sister Faithful:
My parents divorced when I was young.  My mother had an alcohol problem so my father raised me until he remarried when I was a teenager.  My stepmother was mean and abusive.  She never failed to remind me of my mother’s issues with alcohol.  We never got along and our relationship just got [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – Should I Help the Child of My Father’s Mistress?

Dear Sister Faithful:
My father was a respected pastor in our community.  He and my mom had been married for over thirty years.  When he died three years ago my family was shocked to learn that he had been having an affair with a younger woman for over six years.  The woman had a child by [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – How Do I Deal With Holiday Depression?

Dear Sister Faithful:
Every year around the holidays I find myself becoming extremely depressed.  My fiancé was killed on the day after Christmas two years ago.  Since then, I hate to see the holidays roll around.  While others are celebrating the birth of Christ and anticipating the New Year, I can’t seem to stop thinking about [...]

Ask Sister Faithful – How Do I Stop Cheating on My Husband?

Dear Sister Faithful:
For the last five months I have been having an affair with my husband’s best friend.  I know that it’s wrong, we both know its wrong but we can’t seem to stop ourselves.  My husband and his wife are both wonderful people who do not deserve this.  Every time I try to end [...]

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