Patrick and Ruth Schwenk are creators of content for ForTheFamily.org and TheBetterMom.com, focusing their work on themes related to family and faith. Their combined efforts stem from their personal experiences and deep convictions. Together, they offer guidance and support for modern family life. Their writing reflects a commitment to fostering strong and healthy family relationships.
Patrick and Ruth Schwenk, founders of the popular blogs For the Family and The Better Mom, as well as the podcast Rootlike Faith, reveal the unshakeable hope God offers in our most difficult trials.
Telling the stories of low-income families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and hardships were amplified during the pandemic in the UK and offers key policy recommendations for change.
Before you turn out the lights, turn to Jesus. When coming to the end of a day feels like coming to an end of ourselves, we often struggle to find the words to pray--or even know where to start. We just know we need God. Knowing well this weariness, beloved author Ruth Schwenk comes alongside you, offering encouragement and simple prayers of peace and hope. Whether you're exhausted from worry, fear, unanswered prayers, pain, rejection, regret, or lack of joy or purpose, each of these 365 nightly prayers and journaling prompts will infuse hope into your life. Even as your eyes drift shut, you will discover that the end of a day can also be the beginning of a new and deeper dependence on God. Because when you seek Him, you will find the One who never sleeps--and who strengthens us and works on our behalf even as we rest.
Búrka, ktorú prežívate, vás nemusí uvrhnúť do hlbín mora. V určitých životných obdobiach sa každý z nás ocitne v člne uprostred mora, či už kvôli strate práce, smrti blízkeho, zdravotnému postihnutiu, rozvodu alebo finančnej neistote. Manželia Patrick a Ruth Schwenkovci prežili hlbokú krízu, keď po piaty raz stratili nenarodené bábätko a Patrickovi diagnostikovali rakovinu vo veku 43 rokov. Osamotení a unášal ich prúd, začala sa ich premena. V tejto láskyplnej knihe spájajú svoj životný príbeh s princípmi Božieho slova, pripomínajúc, že životné skúšky sú jedným z najúčinnejších nástrojov Božej premeny. Postupne odhaľujú, prečo Ježiš zavolal učeníkov doprostred mora, a pomáhajú nám pochopiť, ako hĺbka zranenia môže viesť k hlbokej nádeji a slobode, ktorú nám Boh ponúka. Ak sa cítite sklamaní a nevidíte odpovede na modlitby, Boh vám ponúka nádej. On je Pánom vody a aj keď vás vlny nerozrušia, na vás mu záleží. Neistota môže predstavovať cestu k pokoju a hojnosti. Patrick a Ruth sú zakladateľmi obľúbených blogov a podcastu, Patrick pôsobí ako kazateľ a Ruth je známa blogerka a autorka. Spoločne žijú v Michigane so svojimi deťmi a domácimi miláčikmi.