Hope for the Hurting
3 Tips to Set the Tone in Your Home this Advent Season
Do you spend your days approaching Christmas frantically preparing for the season? It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the stress of the holiday season and to lose focus from the real reason for the season. Christine Trimpe shares a secret she learned that shifted her focus to Jesus and helped her regain her peace, joy and calm in the midst of the holiday season. She shares how to set the tone in your home with her Advent ABC Checklist.
42 Great Christmas Gifts for Readers and Book Lovers {Perfect for Christians}
My annual recommended reading list post has become a favorite to many as they begin to think about Christmas gifts for others, and books to add on their reading list for the upcoming year. This post includes some of my favorite books that I’ve read over the past year. There are 42 great Christmas gifts for readers and book lovers.
10 Things to Know if You Have a Depressed Loved One
Depression is a painful disorder. If you’ve never experienced it, count yourself blessed. Perhaps you haven’t experienced depression yourself, but you have a loved one who suffers with it. I’ve spent more than 30 years as a psychologist, helping people who suffer from depression, anxiety, and a myriad of other mental health disorders. In this post, I share 10 things to know if you have a depressed loved one.
61 Great Christmas Gifts for 2021 that You Can Find on Amazon
The holidays are fast approaching, and so is the holiday shopping rush. Are you like me and often wonder what to get that special someone? In an effort to lighten your load, and help you stress less this Christmas, I’ve culled a list of 61 great Christmas gifts for 2021 that you can buy on Amazon! Take care of your shopping without leaving the comfort of your own home. This list of gift suggestions is based on some of the favorite gifts I’ve either given or received in the past few years.
6 Tips to Picking the Perfect Gift
Most of us love the holidays, but the stress and chaos of the season can steal our joy and leave us exhausted. Holiday coach Marcia Ramsland shares how you can simplify during the holidays and relieve stress with these 6 tips to picking the perfect gift.
70 Top Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Teens, Adults & In-Laws
I shop for stocking stuffers all year long, and I’m always excited to get new, fun ideas to surprise my family with. Your family will love this huge list of practical gifts that are both useful and unique. 70 top 2021 Christmas stocking stuffer ideas for teens, adults and in-laws.
How Does Exercise Reduce Stress?
Don’t you love it when science lines up with how God designed our needs? Exercise has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and provides us physiological and psychological benefits at the same time. Amy Connell shares with us ways exercise reduces anxiety and stress, the best exercise for stress relief, the physical and psychological benefits of exercise and other ways exercise is good for your health.
Maintain Your Hope During The Discouraging Times of Waiting
Times of crisis seem to punctuate the waiting times. The wait often seems harder, longer, or even less do-able. Those situations can test our faith. Do we believe the circumstances we are in, or do we hold strong and believe God’s truth? How do you maintain your hope during the discouraging times of waiting?
Living Life to the Full Despite Our Suffering
Suffering of any kind stinks! It just does. Are you hunkered down waiting for the storm to pass, the waters to stop raging, and life to return to normal? Are you waiting for life to get better before you live it to the full? In the midst of the struggle of a cancer diagnosis, Niki Hardy stopped and asked two questions. She shares how God answered and what she discovered about living life to the full despite our suffering.
Risking Rest: Letting Go to Trust God
Running and doing can be exhausting. Through rest, God offers peace. Sometimes the very thing we run from is the thing we need the most. Are we willing to trust that God knows what is best and His plan for us is good? Read more for how to surrender to God and risk rest.
Dr. Michelle Bengtson
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