We donate blankets to the homeless shelter and canned goods to the food bank. We pack Christmas boxes of hygiene and personal items for children around the world. We purchase goats or chickens for needy families in Uganda. All these good acts express love for my neighbors. Some of our neighbors. What about the woman seated alone on the far side of the sanctuary or even the woman who sits in front of me at the Sunday service? Week after week.
Do you get mad every time you go to pull something from a drawer? See red when you try to relax in the living room? Is your office where papers go to die? Put your flinging muscles to the test as you claim your house, office, and garage a clutter free zone. Kathi Lipp, founder of the Clutter Free Academy, has 7 Basics for Getting Started.
Lord Jesus, with “O Come All Ye Faithful” playing in the background, I pause to be still. Reset my spirit to remember that you are God. The Beginning and the End. The life-giving Light who came to earth all those years ago. Father, may the lavish love that compelled Christ to come as a babe swaddled in a feed trough, …
Recording artist JJ Heller hadn’t considered that the strange symptoms in her body could be explained in a diagnosis of panic disorder. Finally armed with an answer, she faced with the challenge of figuring out how to make the panic attacks stop. In today’s post, JJ offers four practical tips and tons of encouragement for those suffering with panic disorder and for those with loved ones who do.
