Hope for the Caregiver

#413 A Conversation With Steve Green

Multi Grammy award nominee and 7-time Dove award winner ( and fellow caregiver) Steve Green called the show.

His iconic music career frames Steve's enormous passion for communicating the Gospel to broken lives. In this conversation, I asked Steve to reflect on current challenges facing our country and the world. 

It all comes down to the one phrase in his song that's touched millions of lives, "People Need The LORD."

While it sounds simple, and it is, that phrase is condensed down to the core of our human condition ...and Steve shares how God responds to that core need. 

You'll love this conversation. To learn more about Steve, visit www.stevegreenministries.org 

ABOUT HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER

Peter Rosenberger hosts HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER.  For more than 34 years, Peter's cared for his wife, Gracie, through a medical nightmare of 80+ surgeries, multiple amputations, and severe chronic pain. 

Hope for the Caregiver is an outreach of STANDING WITH HOPE.  Click here for more. 

#412 Does God Settle Accounts?

Ask any caregiver if she or he feels noticed by others ...or even by God.

The answers will most likely break your heart.

For more than 20 years, my friend, Pastor Jim Bachmann (pastor of Stephens Valley Church in Nashville) has helped me understand God's provision, activities, justice, and grace in the midst of harsh challenges.  His recent sermon (5/31/2020) speaks with great clarity to this issue.  I included this in my bonus materials for our podcast because it strengthened my heart ...and I feel it will do the same for yours.  

 

Peter Rosenberger hosts the nationally syndicated radio program, Hope for the Caregiver. He’s cared for his wife, Gracie, for more than 34 years. www.hopeforthecaregiver.com 

#411 Caregiver Principles For A Chronically Impaired Nation

Do the principles that help caregivers navigate better as they care for a chronically ill loved one ...translate to helping a nation in distress?

We think they do. 

Peter Rosenberger is host of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER. www.hopeforthecaregiver.com/radio  

 

 

 

#410 Leaving the Chapel for the Dungeon .

On the coast of Ghana (where we work with our prosthetic limb outreach), we visited a castle in Cape Coast. This castle served as the holding place for thousands of slaves. I've taken several teams there over the years, and touring the castle is incredibly somber event. 

As our country convulses with rage, we caregivers understand the despair, fear, and anger that erupts when we feel powerless and treated poorly. Yet, it's in that very scenario that the church is called to leave the insulated chapel ...and enter the dungeons filled with suffering.  

Peter Rosenberger is the host of the nationally syndicated program, HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER. For more than 34 years, he's cared for his wife, Gracie, who lives with severe disabilities. 

For more information, visit www.hopeforthecaregiver.com 

#409 "Don't be a tuna noodle helper!"

We do a series called YOUR CAREGIVER MINUTE  that airs on hundreds of stations across the country. Here's one of my favorites!

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#408 Are they safe? Are you? An easy, reliable, and SECURE way to offload caregiving challenges.

The time is NOW for caregivers to rethink how we give care.

You've seen the headlines. 

• https://news.yahoo.com/man-20-charged-nursing-home-155015466.html
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/us/alejandro-ripley-killing/index.html

These incidents are just from the last week. 

I invited Mark Gray of Constant Companion to come on the show to discuss how their secure, affordable, reliable, and easy to use new product can provide family caregivers the connection, support, and assistance so desperately needed. 

• Imagine a parent at the end of her rope ...caring for a special needs child, getting a daily phone call from a caring person ...breaking through the isolation and checking in on that stressed mom.  What kind of difference do you think that would make?
• Imagine going to the grocery store in peace ...while knowing a sentry was on duty for your aging loved one?  Being able to look at them on your phone ...from anywhere?  Talking to them at any time ...from anywhere ...even if the power goes out?
• Imagine being able to safely monitor your loved one in an assisted facility ...even during the quarantine?
• Imagine a system that guaranteed your privacy so much, it provides a $1,000,000 guarantee?

These and so much more services are just one click away for you as a caregiver. 

I've tested this out in my home ...and the time is NOW for caregivers to rethink how we give care.  With 92 percent of people stating they want to age in their own home, caregivers face a daunting challenge. As the COVID-19 has made us reevaluate placing loved ones in assisted living, we need to "Care give ...smarter." 

Listen to my conversation with Mark, and check out the website: 

https://www.companion247.com/

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Peter Rosenberger is the host of the nationally syndicated program, HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER. For more than 34 years, he's cared for his wife, Gracie, who lives with severe disabilities. (80+ surgeries, multiple amputations)

For more information, visit www.hopeforthecaregiver.com 

 

#407 Unlike those of the President's, the trappings of HIS office never leave.

Many years ago our family met President George W. Bush when Gracie performed at an event with him. 

Several weeks later, I had an opportunity to return to the same venue. Walking past the empty ballroom where the entire weight of the US Presidency stood briefly, the contrast struck me. 

Unlike the President's office, Christ dwells within us and the full weight of HIS office never leaves, is never dismantled, and is not bound to geographical locations. 

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him." - John 14:23

FROM:  Hope for the Caregiver Broadcast May 23 2020

 

Peter Rosenberger is the host of HOPE FOR THE CAREGIVER ...the nationally syndicated radio program. 

See latest from Peter Rosenberger in the news: 

From the CHRISTIAN POST:  May 24 2020

As a parade of commercials open with, “During these uncertain times …” eyebrows across the country must raise in a level of incredulity as millions silently whisper, “Welcome to my world!”

When times were “certain:”

• Huge swaths of the country hemorrhaged financially long before COVID-19 became a household word.
• Guilt lurked as a constant companion for parents of special needs children.
• Marriages crumbled under the strain of disability.
• Family members of alcoholics and addicts bore the heartbreak of a loved one’s volatile and unstable behavior.
• Millions struggled to care for disabled loved ones and/or aging parents.
• 22 Veterans committed suicide each day.
• Fellow citizens felt the sting of discrimination.
• Chronic pain persisted for so many plagued by disease or injury.
• Death remained inevitable.

No politician, health official, or vaccine can provide us with certainty. We shore up the best we can while learning to make peace with ambiguity. We shake hands with uncertainty.  READ MORE ...

 

https://www.christianpost.com/voices/in-these-uncertain-times-is-theme-of-entire-human-history.html?fbclid=IwAR2Z6EFcnOR_Oe73j76jfYJJV48nMNmJxPKOrGF4xkoWDJVmOvscdcnHY9s