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Three Strategies to Welcome the New Year
With a flip of the page, one year ends, and another roars into existence. Three-hundred sixty-five days of hopes, dreams, and challenges lay ahead. Already, blank spaces begin to fill with appointments. Some of us deliberate over annual goals or resolutions while...
If You’re (Not) Happy and You Know It (Day 5)-5 Prayer Tips from Jesus with Author Janet McHenry
When I was crossing a corner as I prayerwalked in our small town in the Sierra Valley, I remembered the gist of a passage from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount about not praying on the street corners to be seen by men. Instead, we are to pray privately behind closed doors....
The Struggle with Loneliness and Depression
The elderly man posted mournful adoption ads and flyers in bus stops and places about town. “Lonely old man in his 80s. Strong-bodied. Can shop, cook and take care of himself. No chronic illness. I retired from a scientific research institute in Tianjin, with a monthly pension of 6,000 RMB (USD1344) a month. I won’t […]
Mind Over Negative Chatter Challenge-If You’re (Not) Happy and You Know It Series-(Day 3)
From the time we rise until the moment we exhale sleep's first breath, nearly 50,000 thoughts will have tracked through our minds. Of those rapid-fire notions, 80% are negative. Repetitive. Even bordering on obsessive. Our minds are landmines pockmarked with...
God Sees You (By Author Debbie Kitterman and a Give Away of a Signed Copy of Her New Book–The Gift of Prophetic Encouragement)
Hello, friends! Welcome to this Thursday's post. I'm taking a short break from our current series, 'If You're Not Happy and You Know It' to introduce you to my friend, author Debbie Kitterman. The Gift of Prophetic Encouragement, Debbie's newest book, stretched and...
All the Lonely People-If You’re (Not) Happy and You Know It Series (Day 2)
Loneliness kills. It's as powerful as smoking or alcoholism. -Waldinger In a world of being 'friended' and 'unfriended', acceptance and belonging have been reduced to photos, Tweets and images of the best of our lives. Vacation spots and smiling faces. Highlights of...
If You’re (Not) Happy and You Know It (Day 1)
It’s the American dream. The subject of Time magazine’s recent expose’. And Hollywood’s driving force lived out loud in a string of movie star marriages, breakups, and over-the-top living. We pine for it in the same way a widow longs to be reunited with her...
