Author, writer, speaker, & podcast host.
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About
Christine M. Chappell
MOMS
Clean Home, Messy Heart
Motherhood is hard. Here’s help & hope for pursuing heart change.
Podcast
The Hope + Help Podcast
Cultivating biblical conversations about life's challenging problems.
TEENS
Help! My Teen is Depressed
Wisdom and insights for walking a teen through depression.
Events
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Christine has written another remarkable, beautiful, humble, transparent piece. I thank God for her voice.
Christine's the real deal, and her open, cut-to-the-chase take on life is a tremendous gift to so many.
Christine M. Chappell
Author • Writer • Podcast Host
Christine is the author of Clean Home, Messy Heart, Help! My Teen is Depressed, Help! I've Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder (forthcoming with Shepherd Press in early 2021), and Midnight Mercies: Hope for the Dark Hours of Motherhood (forthcoming with P&R Publishing in fall 2021.) She hosts IBCD's Hope + Help Podcast and is passionate about advocating for biblical one-another care and discipleship in the context of the local church. Her writing has been featured at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood, and other Christian platforms. Christine blogs regularly at christinemchappell.com and lives in South Carolina with her husband and three children.
Featured at
Desiring God
The Gospel Coalition
Risen Motherhood
Servants of Grace
Devotable
Biblical Counseling Coalition
New Video Resources
On Being Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder & Identity in Christ
Defusing a Panic Attack: Taking Thoughts Captive When Fear Strikes
Recent Features
Stewarding Our Stories: Affliction & God's Design for One-Another Care
In this Facebook LIVE rebroadcast, I join Dr. Venessa Ellen to talk about affliction, stewarding our stories, and God's design for one-another care.
Recent Podcasts
Hope + Help for Respectful Communication with Tim Shorey
In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, Christine Chappell interviews Tim Shorey about his book, Respect the Image: Reflecting Human Worth in How we Talk and Listen.
Manna for Melancholy Devotional Series
It Could Be Worse, But It's Still Hard
If you find yourself sitting in the tension of “it could be worse” and “this is really hard,” I want to encourage you.
To the Weary He Says, "Come and Be Carried"
God comes close to those crying tired tears and soothes: "Come here. I will carry you."
He Redeems Even Our Scars
It takes time, but take heart: God puts scars to work for our good and his glory.
Crushed by Grief to Give Hope in the Mourning
Look to the Man of Sorrows and remember: it's not a sin to be sad about sad things.
When Life Seems to Be Falling Apart
He who knit you together in your mother's womb has knit you permanently to his own heart.
On Seasons and Expectations
We have a high priest who himself traversed the entire spectrum of seasons and promises to walk through them with us
He Concerns Himself with the Lowly
High and mighty as he is, the Lord inclines his ear to the afflicted and listens to their pleas for mercy.
When Hurting is Hard and Healing is Harder
Hope is a skill to be learned while we sit between hurting and healing.