books

These are some of our favorites:

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Strength for the Brokenhearted: A 31 Day Devotional for Hurting Parents
Strength for the Brokenhearted: A 31 Day Devotional for Hurting Parents
You Are Not Alone – Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
You Are Not Alone – Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
Study Guide for You Are Not Alone
Study Guide for You Are Not Alone
Moments of Clarity: Wisdom from the Father of a Prodigal
Moments of Clarity: Wisdom from the Father of a Prodigal
Hope For Hurting Parents – Support Group Facilitator Guide
Hope For Hurting Parents – Support Group Facilitator Guide
Hope For Hurting Parents – Parent Notebook
Hope For Hurting Parents – Parent Notebook
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Grupo de Apoyo Guía para el Facilitador
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Grupo de Apoyo Guía para el Facilitador
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Cuadernillo para Padres
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Cuadernillo para Padres
When You Love a Prodigal
When You Love a Prodigal
Blindsided: Help, Hope & Healing for Parents Coping with Estrangement
Blindsided: Help, Hope & Healing for Parents Coping with Estrangement
Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties & How to Heal the Conflict
Rules of Estrangement: Why Adult Children Cut Ties & How to Heal the Conflict
Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children
Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children
Beyond Done With The Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents of Estranged Adult Children
Beyond Done With The Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents of Estranged Adult Children
No Contact: Why Grown Children End Parent Relationships—and How to Cope, Heal, and Move Forward
No Contact: Why Grown Children End Parent Relationships—and How to Cope, Heal, and Move Forward
Burn the Map: Turn Setbacks Into Strength & Fear Into Fuel
Burn the Map: Turn Setbacks Into Strength & Fear Into Fuel
Still Standing After All the Tears: Putting Back the Pieces After All Hell Breaks Loose
Still Standing After All the Tears: Putting Back the Pieces After All Hell Breaks Loose
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One
Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child, Revised Edition
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child, Revised Edition
From Bondage to Bonding: Escaping Co-Dependency, Embracing Biblical Love
From Bondage to Bonding: Escaping Co-Dependency, Embracing Biblical Love
Ninety Days of God’s Goodness
Ninety Days of God’s Goodness
Prodigal Parent Process
Prodigal Parent Process
Letters to God from a Former Atheist
Letters to God from a Former Atheist
Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover
Unhooked: How to Help an Addicted Loved One Recover
The Joey Song: A Mother’s Story From the Place Where Love and Addiction Meet
The Joey Song: A Mother’s Story From the Place Where Love and Addiction Meet
Misery, You Don’t Get My Company
Misery, You Don’t Get My Company
Will Your Prodigal Come Home?: An Honest Discussion of Struggle and Hope
Will Your Prodigal Come Home?: An Honest Discussion of Struggle and Hope
Stay Here: Uncovering God’s Plan to Restore Your Mental Health
Stay Here: Uncovering God’s Plan to Restore Your Mental Health
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships
Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships
Unexpected: A Memoir of Endurance and Triumph in Raising a Challenging Child
Unexpected: A Memoir of Endurance and Triumph in Raising a Challenging Child
Every Parent’s Battle Plan
Every Parent’s Battle Plan
Shhh…Mental Illness, The Silent Disease
Shhh…Mental Illness, The Silent Disease
My Cup Overflows
My Cup Overflows
Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing
Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing
Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home
Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home
Messy Hope: Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, Depression, or Suicidal Ideation
Messy Hope: Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, Depression, or Suicidal Ideation
The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use
The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use
Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery
Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery
Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot
Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness
Life After Hope: A Memoir of Father and Daughter
Life After Hope: A Memoir of Father and Daughter
Among Lions: Fighting for Faith and Finding your Rest while Parenting a Child with Mental Illness
Among Lions: Fighting for Faith and Finding your Rest while Parenting a Child with Mental Illness
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
When Anxiety Strikes: Help and Hope for Managing Your Storm
When Anxiety Strikes: Help and Hope for Managing Your Storm
Anxiety Elephants: 31 Day Devotional on Stomping Them Out
Anxiety Elephants: 31 Day Devotional on Stomping Them Out
From Guilt to Grace: Hope and Healing for Christian Moms of Addicted Children
From Guilt to Grace: Hope and Healing for Christian Moms of Addicted Children
Loving Your Rebellious Child
Loving Your Rebellious Child
How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children
How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children
Is God Who He Says He Is?
Is God Who He Says He Is?
The One Year Book of Hope
The One Year Book of Hope
Holding On to Hope
Holding On to Hope
The Scars That Have Shaped Me
The Scars That Have Shaped Me
When God Doesn’t Fix It
When God Doesn’t Fix It
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
Engaging Today’s Prodigal
Engaging Today’s Prodigal
You’ll Get Through This
You’ll Get Through This
God Will Use This for Good
God Will Use This for Good
A New Kind of Normal
A New Kind of Normal
When I Lay My Isaac Down
When I Lay My Isaac Down
Hope Prevails
Hope Prevails
Prayer for Orion
Prayer for Orion
Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy
Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy
Fighting for Your Prodigal Through Prayer
Fighting for Your Prodigal Through Prayer
Stop Walking on Eggshells
Stop Walking on Eggshells
Cut
Cut
Facing Bipolar
Facing Bipolar
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You
Just Keep Going
Just Keep Going
Out of a Far Country
Out of a Far Country
The Purpose Driven Life
The Purpose Driven Life
Turning the Tide of Emotional Turbulence
Turning the Tide of Emotional Turbulence
With All Due Respect
With All Due Respect
Your Prodigal Child
Your Prodigal Child
Wild Child, Waiting Mom
Wild Child, Waiting Mom
Transforming Choices: In Search of My True Identity
Transforming Choices: In Search of My True Identity
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
A Change of Affection
A Change of Affection
The Daring Rescue: Joining Jesus Christ In His Pursuit Of Your LGBTQ-Identified Child’s Heart
The Daring Rescue: Joining Jesus Christ In His Pursuit Of Your LGBTQ-Identified Child’s Heart
101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality
101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality
Untwisting Twisted Truth: Loving Jesus More Than My Homosexual Life
Untwisting Twisted Truth: Loving Jesus More Than My Homosexual Life
When Homosexuality Hits Home
When Homosexuality Hits Home
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
The Hope of a Homecoming
The Hope of a Homecoming
Parents with Broken Hearts
Parents with Broken Hearts
The Bipolar Experience
The Bipolar Experience
Shattered Dreams
Shattered Dreams
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Relief For Hurting Parents
Relief For Hurting Parents
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground
Don’t Stop Praying: The God Who Hears Is Just a Breath Away (A 40 Day Prayer Journey)
Don’t Stop Praying: The God Who Hears Is Just a Breath Away (A 40 Day Prayer Journey)
Praying Your Prodigal Home
Praying Your Prodigal Home
Prayers for Prodigals
Prayers for Prodigals
Prayers for Parents of Prodigals
Prayers for Parents of Prodigals
Praying for Your Addicted Loved One
Praying for Your Addicted Loved One
Praying Prodigals Home
Praying Prodigals Home
Prayers From a Mom’s Heart
Prayers From a Mom’s Heart
Praying God’s Will for My Son
Praying God’s Will for My Son
Praying God’s Will for My Daughter
Praying God’s Will for My Daughter
Praying Our Loved One Home
Praying Our Loved One Home
Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens
Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens
Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children
The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children
How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones
How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones
The Power of a Praying Parent
The Power of a Praying Parent
Parenting Prodigals
Parenting Prodigals
Parents in Pain
Parents in Pain
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On
Parenting By Design
Parenting By Design
My Name is Hope
My Name is Hope
Moments for Families with Prodigals
Moments for Families with Prodigals
Loving A Prodigal
Loving A Prodigal
I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!
I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!
Beyond Addiction
Beyond Addiction
Hit by a Ton of Bricks
Hit by a Ton of Bricks
Addict in the Family
Addict in the Family
Hope and Help for the Addicted
Hope and Help for the Addicted
Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them
Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them
Encouragement for the Broken Hearted Parent
Encouragement for the Broken Hearted Parent
Do Hard Things
Do Hard Things
Courage to Change
Courage to Change
Son Down, Son Up
Son Down, Son Up
Come Back Barbara
Come Back Barbara
Codependent No More
Codependent No More
Boundaries with Teens
Boundaries with Teens
Last Addiction
Last Addiction
“Mom, sex is NO big deal!”
“Mom, sex is NO big deal!”
“Mom, Everyone Else Does!”
“Mom, Everyone Else Does!”
“Mom, I feel fat!”
“Mom, I feel fat!”
“Mom, I hate my life!”
“Mom, I hate my life!”
Brave Hearts
Brave Hearts
The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide
The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide
Everything Changes
Everything Changes
40 Days To Freedom
40 Days To Freedom
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
The Weight of a Feather
The Weight of a Feather