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Dear Peter: Where does one find the patience to deal with insurance companies?  Myra, feeling claimless in Seattle

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Frustration When Dealing With Insurance Companies

Insurance companies are not that complicated.  They’re businesses driven by financial decisions not emotional ones.  When we are in the throes of caregiving, our emotions run high and often unchecked.  When getting on the phone with an insurance representative, remember that they have a job to do.

She Lived to Sing about It

She Lived to Sing about It

The defining hymn of my father's entire career as a minister continues to be "A Balm in Gilead" There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole.   There is a balm in Gilead...

Gracie: Resilient

Gracie: Resilient

ResilientThe New CD From Standing With Hope Founder, Gracie Rosenberger  This CD Is our gift to YOU for a tax-deductible contribution to Standing With Hope for any amount. For...

The Lost Office of Pastor

The Lost Office of Pastor

A minister called into my talk show to share his struggles while his wife cared for her dying mother and elderly father.  Identifying as a bi-vocational pastor, he commiserated...

A Salute for the Ages

A Salute for the Ages

So many moving things reflected the best of America during the entire week with the Bush family following the funeral of President George H.W. Bush. Tributes,...

There Used to Be M & M’s

There Used to Be M & M’s

For as long as I can remember, when my father came home from reserve duty in the military, he brought small gifts. Each of my brothers and my sister received a pack...

Truckers and Trauma

Truckers and Trauma

Truckers and TraumaPeter RosenbergerOn Interstate 40 in west Tennessee, a young woman in a sedan sped past a group of truckers on November 18,1983. Maneuvering her...