Who has ever experienced overwhelming stress?  You can’t see me, but both of my hands are all the way in the air.  Stress isn’t healthy.  Stress isn’t fun.  Stress isn’t the ideal way to live.  It can impact the decisions you make and the mood you are in.

After many, many years, I still have no magic formula for eliminating stress in life.  Sitting on a beach seems to be as close as I have gotten.  However, I do have a few thoughts on how to address stress that are based on lessons I learned.  Seven of these thoughts are below. Continue reading →

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I love to read.  Honestly summer reading, autumn/fall reading, winter reading, and spring reading are all the best times to read.  Regardless of the season, I am always looking for books that are new (to me) to read.

Last month I ordered a copy of Pastor Steven Furtick’s book, “(Un)qualified: How God Uses Broken People To Do Big Things.”  Two highlighters and one pen later, I finished the book.  I highlighted, underlined, and marked up every part of this book.  I wrote notes, reminders, scriptures, drew connections to prayers, jotted down questions, and identified matters I want to look more into.  You could say that my book now looks like a piece of artwork or at least a creative expression of thoughts.  My book is all marked up.  Why?  Because “(Un)qualified” is not the kind of book you just read and then put back on a shelf.

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