This topsy-turvy world challenges your calm every day.
Yet, one unfailing step reclaims serenity.
Feeling topsy-turvy? Capture calm every time in one powerful decision
Hope
Hope: 3 Powerful Strategies to Conquer Life’s Toughest Obstacles
Would you still have hope if the greatest of all tragedies struck you down?
Katherine Wolf does even though, at age 26 to date (now 42), she has survived . . .
- a catastrophic brain-stem stroke
- paralysis throughout her body
- numerous falls with broken bones
- aneurysm surgery unrelated to her stroke
- multiple vertebral artery dissections
- ongoing neurological issues
- hearing loss
- blind in the left eye and double vision in the right eye
In spite of all this, she proclaims hope as she . . .
- just published her third book, Treasures In The Dark
- travels nationwide, speaking to thousands
- sponsors a special-needs summer camp
- opened a coffee shop staffed by special-needs folks
I heard her speak at a jam-packed Highland Park Presbyterian church service months ago. Her testimony has changed my life.
After reading her books and reflecting on what she says about hope, I see three proven relievers for overcoming despair.
Continue Reading “Hope: 3 Powerful Strategies to Conquer Life’s Toughest Obstacles”How the solar eclipse increases your hope and faith
Everyone is filled with hope they’ll see totality in the solar eclipse.
Reminds us of the sun’s immense power.
Power that is overwhelming yet uniquely toned down by our ocean.
Why is the sun’s power toned down?
Our seawater has an amazing filter that unexplainably accommodates living organisms.
How does this happen? Why does this happen?
Pause just a minute and allow three messages from the solar eclipse to rekindle your faith and hope.
Continue Reading “How the solar eclipse increases your hope and faith”Three ways a father can supercharge kids with starry hope
A seven-year-old boy laughed one summer night when his father held him high to the stars.
“Look, son!”
Just then, a white flame skirted across the astonished heavens.
And then another star skipped across and dipped into the lake.
“What’s happening, Dad?”
“Shooting stars. They show up every summer, usually late July and August. It’s really something.”
Decades have passed, but I’ll never forget that night when Dad held me to the stars.
No doubt, I have many memories with Claude Blaising.
But that night was special. It reminds me of three things kids need most in a dad.
Continue Reading “Three ways a father can supercharge kids with starry hope”How to Find Wonder and Hope This Christmas
No matter your belief system, Christmas is the way of hope.
Logical? No, Christmas is illogical. It doesn’t make sense.
Continue Reading “How to Find Wonder and Hope This Christmas”