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72. Christmas And Grief: How To Make It Through
I know what it’s like to grieve at Christmastime. You wonder how you're going to make it through, right? It was just five days before Christmas. My family and I were sitting in the first-row wooden church pew of the church I grew up in. The sanctuary before me was...
71. The Distraction of Hurry Says, “You Are Behind”
Hurry. Are you ever in one? Do you move fast, talk fast, listen fast, drive fast? Do you think fast, sleep fast, eat fast, scroll on your phone fast? Or do you feel like you’re constantly behind, and the only way you can catch up is if you hurry? The distraction of...
70. The Distraction of Stress Says, “Focus On The Overwhelm”
This is about the time in this season that I can get a little stressed. Christmas is a little less than three weeks away, and the distraction of stress affects many during the holiday season. Let's change that this year. I could feel the stress rising. Over the...
69. Is This Really The Season To Be Jolly?
Christmas is less than four weeks away! I'm not quite sure how that happened, but here we are. In today's episode we pause to ponder this season and we ask the question, "It this really the season to be jolly?" Because in past years, maybe it hasn't been. In past...
68. Living As If Thanksgiving Is More Than A Day
Well, it's Thanksgiving week, and it's a favorite holiday for many, including for me. But does Thanksgiving have to be just a day? What if we took the idea of Thanksgiving and lived it out every single day of our lives? In this episode we're pondering the idea of...
67. The Distraction Of Busyness says, “Be Busier”
We've been discussing life's distractions lately here on the podcast, because I believe these distractions are more than we think they are. Not only are they snatching our attention from the moment, but more importantly they are luring us away from what's God's best...