Abounding Love: My Life with Chronic Illness


June 5, 2018

Bethany Faulds '20 shares what she has learned at Wheaton about living with a chronic illness. 

MyWheaton Student FauldsI can recall hearing the words “chronic illness” being spoken from a stage twice in my lifetime. Once was during a worship service during my orientation to Wheaton College in 2016. The other was also at Wheaton College, this time from my own lips as I shared about my illness in chapel the following year.

Since chronic illness is so infrequently discussed publicly, it leaves many people who are chronically ill dangling alone with unaddressed theological, emotional, and intellectual questions...

Read the full story on The Exchange, the blog of Dr. Ed Stetzer, the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism and the Executive Director, Billy Graham Center. 

Read more of Bethany's thoughts on the blog of Raymond Chang, Wheaton's Ministry Associate for Discipleship.

This article first appeared on The Exchange on ChristianityToday.com on May 10, 2018. Used by permission of Christianity Today, Carol Stream, IL 60188.

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