Mary Southerland swam against an undercurrent of unhappiness until she discovered how she was created for joy! "Laugh More... Live Better" is a refreshing message filled humor and principles that will empower you to: Minimize "joy-stealers" in your life, such as stress, unrealistic expectations and harmful relationships.Relish the benefits of joy, such as healing, strength, relaxation, and encouragement.Adjust your focus to appreciate the small wonders that each day holds....
Posted by Mary Southerland on 03/01/2019
Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested-now there's a challenge. How can you keep your energy, happiness, creativity, and relationships fresh and thriving in the midst of never-ending family demands, career pressures, and the stress of everyday life? In SACRED REST, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, reveals why rest can no longer remain optional. Dr. Dalton-Smith shares seven types of rest she has found lacking in the lives of those she encounters in her clinical practice and research-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, sensory, social, creative-and...
Posted by Saundra Dalton-Smith on 08/02/2018
At her favorite place in the park Grace cries out after discovering what her father had done to her and at that moment, she just needed to be held. “Why, why daddy! Why did you hurt me like that! Why! I want to hate you, but I can’t! Why did you do that to me! Why, why, why did you do it? Oh, Lord, I know I need to let go and forgive. I understand what it means to forgive that itis releasing me from the hold of my abusers. I do get it, Father, that as long as I hold on to bitterness and resentment and do not forgive the ones that hurt me,...
Posted by Sandra (Lott) Smith on 10/20/2017
FROM THE AUTHOR: I love LOVE STORIES don’t you? In If My Husband Would Change I’d Be Happy I laughed and I cried as I wrote about the love stories of people like: -Charles & Susanna Spurgeon -Priscilla & Aquila - As well as what historians observed about the deep love between The Apostle Peter and his wife. And I am confident I shared way too many intimate details about my own marriage with the love-of-my-life Steve Stoppe! You’re gonna learn so much about how men think from Steve as he wrote at the end of each chapter a section called: From...
Posted by Rhonda Stoppe on 04/28/2017
Little fights with your husband and kids. Unhappiness when things don’t match your version of perfect. Tension, anger, fear, anxiety–it all begins with a heart that craves control. When your perspective of how life should go replaces God’s, you doom your quest for security, peace, and joy before it even starts. Thankfully, there is a better way. Join Shannon as she shares what she has discovered about her own control struggles and about God from studying seven Control Girls in the Bible. Whether it was Eve’s desire to know instead of trust, Sarah’s inability...
Posted by Shannon Popkin on 04/05/2017
Not much time to read books? Not much money to buy them? But lots of burdens that need answers? Then Hola, Happiness is for you. Best-selling author, Janet Perez Eckles presents a brief study of God’s Word to nudge you to the next level of triumph and joy. Hola, Happiness: Finding Joy by Dancing to the Melody of God’s Word is packed with soul-searching questions, deep reflections, brief videos and answers from God’s Word. No matter what you face–disappointment, fear, heartache, shame, insecurity, sorrow–you will say “Hola” to happiness, to the peace and the joy God created...
Posted by Janet Eckles on 08/11/2016
