Manage Christmas Sadness – Advent #3

You might be surprised to know Christmas sadness is a real thing. It hits when people go through difficulties that stretch into the season of Christmas. Or it happens with unexpected tragedy or bad news. But Christmas sadness can sometimes appear when everything is going fine. Unexpectedly, something rises up or invades without permission – and surprises you. In fact, you may even wonder why it’s there because there’s no identifiable reason.

Whatever the scenario, you are not alone if you experience Christmas sadness.

Subsequently, the kindest thing you can do for yourself is to learn how to manage Christmas sadness.  Let’s explore this together. Read More …

Choose Hope Even In Trials

“I’m just so tired of trials and challenges!” I’ve heard that exclamation, and I bet you have, too. Maybe you’ve said it. One thing is sure – we’ll all have trials and challenges in the future. We live in a broken world. But you can choose hope even in trials. This is today’s content. Read More …

Two Ways To Live

Every person I know has lived through some pretty tough challenges. So many stories, my own among them. I bet you have stories, too. So, a question: when everything seems tumultuous, you can’t see, plus you feel overwhelmed and tired, how do you live well and get through tough times? There’s help here by exploring two ways to live. Read More …

Alive and Active Life

Alive and Active Life inspires and equips Jesus followers to live in power, passion, and purpose by applying God’s Word in practical ways each day. Alive and Active Life is a reservoir of inspiration and practical help for the Jesus Read More …

ARTICLES & PODCAST

ARTICLES & PODCAST Spotify Podcast Icon-castbox Icon-podbean_bw Rss Your life is full! You need good information quickly. For excellent content to grow as a Jesus follower, we offer 2 regular options: Articles Podcast. Each week, we publish an article and Read More …

Your Valuable Life

Have you had the joy of watching little kids when they get in front of a mirror? They have heart-warming and sometimes hilarious interactions. These little ones have such authenticity and vulnerability as they interact with “themselves” in the mirror. What about you? When you look in the mirror, who do you see? Do you value the reflection of that person? Are you authentically being “you” each day? Read More …

Learn Well – Live Well – Love Well

As we start into today’s content, we review a list of one-liners everyone has heard for many years. (Click to see this list. How many of them have you heard?) All seem to speak to an emptiness, dullness, boring repetition, and rather skeptical view of life.

But life is NOT hum-drum! Therefore, let’s explore a full, exciting, fresh-every-day, and rather hopeful view of life. Will you join me? Read More …

Live For More

It was the final episode of a TV series, and I’d been waiting for weeks for find out what would happen. So, with a cuppa and my TV glasses, I sat in my favorite chair with eager expectation. About half-way through, I thought – “What?! Surely not! I know it’s going to end better than this!” Incidentally – it didn’t! And I was so disappointed. Over weeks of anticipation, I really did hope for more than that!

In a similar way of hope, we can live for more each day. Read More …

Fresh Start

Every day is filled with something new. No matter what you plan, everything has a starting point. Those beginning moments fill our lives. Sometimes we look forward to them, and other times we don’t. Still, with each new start, there are possibilities for something fresh and productive to build into. Even hard things bring opportunities to learn and grow. A fresh start is always welcome! Read More …

Been Lied To?

Have you ever been lied to? I’m guessing you have. I have, too. It’s a devastating experience. You don’t know who to trust going forward. Consequently, that’s the power of a lie. It tears down trust and ruins what could otherwise be healthy and dependable. Although it’s become more common – even normal – to lie, all lies come from one place. Jesus identifies that source. Read More …