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Stepfamily Bootcamp

Military stepfamilies face unique stressors. We call these stressors the 3D’s of Demands, Distance, and Deployment. Combine these stressors with a rigid military lifestyle and you have a unique and challenging environment in which to try to blend a family. Until now, there have been no definitive helps for either blended families struggling with these […]

Practical Suggestions for Ministering to Combat Trauma Sufferers

Most of these suggestions come from combat veterans who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Others come from friends and family who love and care for these veterans.

Do I Need a Tattoo too?

The air in the room is blue, colored by the obscenity-laden talk from the group. Arms and necks are decorated with tattoo art. In fact, I am likely the only person in the group without a tattoo (although I’ve thought it would be funny to get a zipper pull tattooed at the top of the […]

Story: Combat Trauma Small Groups in Arizona

One day, a friend of mine from church came to me and said that his son was having some problems with PTSD. He’d never been in the military and really didn’t know what was going on with PTSD, but he’d heard that I had PTSD, so he was seeking a little help. He had this […]

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