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Experience True Bliss: Embrace the Transformative Power of Enough

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Bliss eludes many because they have not discovered what backup singers know.

Backup singers in bliss happier than a weasel

The 2013 documentary, 20 Feet from Stardom, tracks why backup singers are happier than ones in the spotlight.

At first, one may believe these folks didn’t “make it” even though their talent is amazing.  That, somehow, work in the background is less than work in the limelight. 

But these marvelous singers show how “enough” is the liberating key for true bliss.

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Light-up faith so it doesn’t fail when everything falls apart

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Faith that sails through any crisis needs a lighthouse in the darkness.

Faith that won't fail

Darkness assaults your faith and hope daily.

  • Hope falls
  • Emotions flail
  • Strength fades

But faith keeps us on course if it has a lighthouse.

Three anchors steady a faith that won’t fail.

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The Must-Watch Holiday Movie of the Year: Get Ready for an Inspirational Lift!

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Enrich your seasonal holidays with three gifts from General George Washington.

They can be found in one movie, A&E’s The Crossing.

One irresistible holiday movie
George Washington used weakness to win a teetering war with a tattered army.

The film portrays Washington’s daring risk on Christmas night, 1776.

Why not use his wisdom for overcoming adversity?

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Free-falling grief in the holidays? Embrace the warmth that heals

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Grief piles up for many in the holidays.

Recently, our senior pastor at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Bryan Dunagan, died at age 44. His wife, Ali, and three children grieve a sudden loss as the holidays begin.

Just a few weeks later, another rising star, Jack Gibbons, age 36, co-founder of Bandera Ventures, died in a neighborhood auto accident, leaving behind his wife, Sarah, and their two-year-old daughter.

Sudden tragedies are like free-falling.

Free-falling sorrow
Free-falling grief/Oliver Furrer/Getty images

How do family members survive?

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