Dawn Barton has endured more pain and heartache in her lifetime than Hallmark can fit into a single movie: the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, near-death of her mother from a brain aneurism, the death of her only sibling, and her husband’s substance abuse. But because she experienced such …
Joy
Live Your Passion ~ Fulfill Your Purpose
Live Your Passion ~ Fulfill Your Purpose Passion, Joy, Love, and Purpose Are Intertwined! I know "pet parents" can relate to my reflections on Morgan and Bambino ... two of our precious pups who've crossed the Rainbow Bridge and who will live in our hearts and memories forever. Morgan, our boxer, …
The Sounds of Christmas (Brett Beeson)
How many weeks now have Christmas carols been playing, have holiday tunes been blasting at the supermarket? How long since you could find a station on the radio that doesn’t reference Santa Claus, Rudolph, or the term “jolly”? Just saying — it’s easy to get aural overload with the sounds of …
Unwrapping the Wonder of Christmas (Jory Fisher & Kim Crabill)
It’s Christmas Eve. You have shopped till you dropped, made enough food to feed a small city, wrapped what seems like a trainload of gifts, and earned overtime pay for postal workers because of all the Christmas cards you sent. Now you are frazzled and weary and feeling strangely dry. You are …
Connecting (Brett Beeson)
“Oh! I had forgotten.” But I hadn’t. I had been speaking to my friend Renee about an incident from three years ago, when she and our friends had taken it upon themselves to cure my gloom with retail therapy. They had then proceeded to buy me a lovely lavender hand cream from The Body Shop, but …
Leaders, Give Thanks!
Give Thanks. Give Thanks in All Circumstances. Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart. Leaders, Give Thanks in All Circumstances with a Grateful Heart! "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." ~1 Thessalonians …
Faith Positive in a Negative World (Dr. Joey Faucette)
You work. You're a Christian. Do you take your faith to work with you? Does your faith increase while you work? Do you have greater joy at work? Do you love God and others more because of your work? Dr. Joey shares with us the Biblical keys to increasing your faith with greater joy at …
