Lisa Copen is the founder of RestMinistries.org. She has authored eight books, including the popular Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend. She's also developed resources for over 300 HopeKeepers groups, a program of Rest Ministries. As editor of HopeKeepersMagazine.com and founder of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, www.invisibleillness.com Lisa seeks...

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Lisa Copen is the founder of RestMinistries.org. She has authored eight books, including the popular Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend. She's also developed resources for over 300 HopeKeepers groups, a program of Rest Ministries. As editor of HopeKeepersMagazine.com and founder of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, www.invisibleillness.com Lisa seeks to encourage churches to increase an outreach to the chronically ill nearly 1 in 2 people in the U.S.

In her free time her passion is designing scrapbook pages and embellishments, specifically for adoptive families at www.ScrapbookMyAdoption.com . As an adoptive mom, she enjoys putting her designing skills to use helping others tell their children's stories.

She resides in San Diego with her husband and son, and has lived with degenerative rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia since 1993.