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How to Expand Your Resilience in 2025
How to Expand Your Resilience in 2025. By: John Thurman In 2006, I introduced resilience concepts with my initial work, "Bounce Back! The Secrets of Resilience in Your Marriage," in Today's Christian Woman. At that...
A New Year, a Stronger Faith: Resolutions with Purpose
A New Year, a Stronger Faith: Resolutions with Purpose is my challenge to look at your annual New Year's resolutions in a new and fresh way. As we approach the New Year, people worldwide will take a moment to reflect...
Rejoice! How to Embrace Joy this 3rd Week of Advent
Advent wreath with three candles lit for the third week of advent in a dark room with copy space Rejoice: How to Embrace Joy This Advent by John Thurman Embracing Joy: Preparing for Christmas Imagine that night,...
Becoming a Man of Peace: The Second Sunday of Advent
Becoming a Man of Peace: The Second Sunday of Advent The Second Sunday of Advent: Embracing Peacemaking as a Man of God by John Thurman Advent is a special time when we prepare to celebrate Jesus' birth. It's a moment...
Embracing Hope: The First Step of the Advent
Embracing Hope: The First Step of the Advent By John Thurman The First Sunday of Advent: Lighting the Candle of Hope This weekend, my wife and I began a tradition we've kept for 53 years. As we sipped our morning...
9 Ways Gratitude Can Transform Your Thanksgiving
9 Ways Gratitude Can Transform Your Thanksgiving! by John Thurman, M.Div., M.A. As Thanksgiving approaches—a time for family, warmth, and reflection—it's a great chance to practice gratitude. Being thankful can make...
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