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Assessing Your Parents' Needs

January 5, 2018
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All of us will have to deal with aging parents. Businessman Jim Stroud, founder of Capital Senior Living, Inc., gives some wise tips for rightly assessing an aging parent's need for assisted living. Stroud talks about the costs of care, long-term care insurance, what to look for in an assisted living facility, and how they're rated. He also discusses care for those suffering with Alzheimer's and dementia.

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Jim Stroud, founder and director of Stroud Companies, a real estate company that owns and operates senior housing, tells how he became interested in elder care after his father had a stroke and could no longer live by himself. As Stroud looked at options, he realized that available facilities wouldn't meet his father's level of care and need. Stroud set out to change that for his father and other seniors.
January 4, 2018
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Author Don Whitney, a professor of biblical spirituality at Southern Seminary, coaches moms and dads on the lost art of family worship. Whitney reminds parents that they don't have to prepare a devotional in order to worship. Reading a bit of Scripture, saying a simple prayer, and singing a hymn is a simple way to worship, and keeping it short increases frequency. It also teaches kids the priority of worshiping God.
January 3, 2018
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Is life running you ragged? Author Crystal Paine assures listeners that there can be light at the end of the tunnel. Crystal recalls a financially stressful season in the life of her family that God worked for good and that ultimately prodded her to launch her website.
January 2, 2018
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Ever feel like quitting your life? Crystal Paine, founder of the personal finance blog MoneySaving Mom, talks about the day she realized that she didn't have to do it all. Crystal tells how one little word—NO—revolutionized her life and gave her more time for the things that really mattered.
January 1, 2018
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Sometimes God takes something we'd categorize as good, and shakes it up so He gets all the glory. Hear the stories of John and Donna Bishop, Andy and Nikki Bray, and Jake and Rebecca Mutz.
December 29, 2017
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Some of the most moving faith stories have occurred in the shadow of great loss. Jerry Sittser, Lisa Beamer, and Gracia Burnham share their profound experiences with God in the face of the most painful circumstances.
December 28, 2017
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From the FamilyLife Today vault, hear some of Bob Lepine's best pastoral messages, both behind the mic, and behind the podium of a local church.
December 27, 2017
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In 25 years of programing, a number of sound-bites have hit the cutting room floor. Hear some of the goof-ups by Dennis Rainey, Bob Lepine, and a number of our guests through the years.
December 26, 2017
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How is the joy of the Lord different from the happiness the world offers? Dennis Rainey shows you how to have joy God's way by finding the source of real joy.  
December 25, 2017
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Dennis and Barbara Rainey, along with their good friends and mentors Don and Sally Meredith, recall the many ways God has blessed over the years. The Merediths reveal what it was that led them to Little Rock to start a family ministry for couples, and explain how they were instrumental in bringing Dennis and Barbara together.
December 22, 2017
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About FamilyLife Today®

FamilyLife Today® is a weekday podcast featuring fun, engaging conversations that help families grow together with Jesus while pursuing the relationships that matter most.

About Dave and Ann Wilson

Dave and Ann Wilson are co-hosts of FamilyLife Today©, FamilyLife’s nationally-syndicated radio program.

Dave and Ann have been married for more than 40 years and have spent the last 35 teaching and mentoring couples and parents across the country. They have been featured speakers at FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember® since 1993, and have also hosted their own marriage conferences across the country.

Dave and Ann helped plant Kensington Community Church in Detroit, Michigan where they served together in ministry for more than three decades, wrapping up their time at Kensington in 2020.

The Wilsons are the creative force behind DVD teaching series Rock Your Marriage and The Survival Guide To Parenting, as well as authors of the recently released books Vertical Marriage (Zondervan, 2019) and No Perfect Parents (Zondervan, 2021).

Dave is a graduate of the International School of Theology, where he received a Master of Divinity degree. A Ball State University Hall of Fame Quarterback, Dave served the Detroit Lions as Chaplain for thirty-three years. Ann attended the University of Kentucky. She has been active with Dave in ministry as a speaker, writer, small group leader, and mentor to countless women.

The Wilsons live in the Detroit area. They have three grown sons, CJ, Austin, and Cody, three daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.

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