Are You in a Holi-daze?
"I look forward to the holidays - and I dread them at the same time," said my friend Peg over a cup of tea. "November and December are usually a big blur. Thanksgiving comes and goes and then it's time to prepare for Christmas. Next thing I know it's the New Year. I look back and I can hardly... >Read More
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Headache-Free Holidays
The holiday season is traditionally a busy time filled with happiness and good cheer. With celebrations, family gatherings and office parties, it represents the most social time of the year. The holiday-party season and the gathering of family during the holidays can produce a tremendous amount of stress and tension - two key triggers in the onset...... >Read More
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So Many Hats
How do you define yourself? Try our study, "What’s in Your Bag?" to get a new view of the woman in the mirror.
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well….All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm... >Read More
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Hope
How can you walk in hope when you feel hopeless inside? Let us walk this path together, we want to help.
"May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace, as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)
Is your heart filled with hope? Do... >Read More
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Speak Up
This past week I have been, quite literally, voiceless. A bad case of tonsillitis left me with little more than a whisper. It’s been a very quiet week. Today I still don’t have my voice back but I’m feeling just a bit better and I started to notice the changes in my behavior. I realized I’ve been stepping back.
I... >Read More
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Feeling Fearful?
What do you fear and why? Take this online study to think about it.
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Your heart is the well-spring of all of your life. It is the place from which your reactions, your attitudes, your actions all bubble up from. All that you are... >Read More
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The Gift of Giving
I never did believe in Santa Claus. My parents rejected the materialism that is so often peddled in the name of Christmas and kept the holiday pretty low key. I've always been grateful for this lesson, and rather cynical about those wild eyed Christmas fanatics running amok in the malls.
Since the thought of receiving gifts from a fat, bearded...... >Read More
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Meeting God
What does "stillness" actually look like? See how it can fit into... >more
10 Tips for a Less Stressful Holiday
Does your Christmas spirit get lost in the frenzy this time of... >more
What Do You Fear?
