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Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, more parents are reaching out for biblical help, but giving has slowed and Focus on the Family is facing a $2 million ministry shortfall.

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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

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Michelle S. Lazurek

Michelle S. Lazurek is a multi-genre award winning author, speaker, pastor’s wife, and mother. She has written or co-written 16 books and has written hundreds of articles for various sources. For more info, please visit her website, michellelazurek.com.

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Graduating student hugs father as emotional mother watches, capturing the heart of empty nest syndrome.

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