159: Are You Really Ready?
When preparing for Advent, we typically focus on preparing our homes by decorating, baking, wrapping gifts, and preparing meals. But how much time do we invest in preparing our hearts…
A New Way to Celebrate the Holidays
Thanksgiving is upon us and with it brings the hope of Christmas. Yes, the commercial side of Christmas has been on display in stores for about a month now and…
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Finding Contentment
We are all searching for that thing. The one that will finally make us happy. We know if we could just get it, it would fill our hearts and souls with…
Longing For More
We are all created with a purpose in life. Most of us know someone who instinctively knew their purpose from a very early age and set out to fulfill it…
Invite God into Your Work
Pretty much everyone will tell you that stress is the biggest challenge they deal with today both in their work and their home life. Whether you work for someone else, for…
The (unconventional) Cure for Holiday Stress
Every year it seems Christmas comes a little earlier. Have you ever noticed that? Its called Christmas Creep and it's a real thing. Way before Halloween even, the isles of…
Weathering the Storms of Life
We all weather storms in life, don’t we? I had a recent health scare that could have been considerably more stormy than it really was. But there was a time of…
Focusing on The Clouds
Do you ever take the time to just watch the clouds float by? As a kid, I used to love to imagine God and the angels just above our line…