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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Slow Down Therapy

(~) “Slow Down Therapy” 1. Slow down; God is still in heaven. You are not responsible for doing it all yourself, right now. 2. Remember a happy, peaceful time in your past. Rest there. Each moment has richness that takes a lifetime to savor. 3. Set your own pace. When someone is pushing you, it’s […]

You’re Already a Winner

(~) You’re Already a Winner You’re already a winner because you are here today, living and breathing, capable of making decisions, thinking thoughts, taking action and accomplishing great things. A whole miraculous universe is available to you here in this moment. Those people who are able to tap into just a fraction of their potential […]

Time for that Soul Kinda Feeling (Ephesians 5:1-20)

by Kim Thoday Do you ever find that holidays just aren’t what their cracked up to be? Often I find holidays to be anything but holy, and indeed, anything but whole. Quite often in my holidays I seem to pick up a cold or at least feel very “run down.” I will really look forward […]

The Snooze Button

================== What if life had a snooze button? It does. It is labeled procrastination. A snooze button simply allows you to stay where you are a little while longer instead of getting up and going. That’s exactly what procrastination is. There is a funny thing about sleeping after you hit the snooze button on an […]

By Kindness

After two years of marriage, Pete no longer saw his wife as interesting, fun, or attractive. In his mind, he regarded her as an overweight, sloppy housekeeper with a faultfinding personality. He visited a divorce attorney, who advised him, “Pete, if you really want to get even with your wife, start treating her like a […]

Signs of Inner Peace

A tendency to think and act from inner trust and spontaneity rather than from fears based on past experiences. An unmistakable ability to appreciate the wisdom and freshness of each moment. A loss of interest in finding the hidden meaning behind the words and actions of others. A heightened sense of experiential, behavioral, and social […]

Maturity

If you can see a work which you have begun taken from you and given to another without feeling bitterness–that is maturity. If you can listen to someone criticize you, even unkindly, and receive instruction from it without hard feelings–that is maturity. If you can see others chosen for a job which you yourself are […]

Mentoring Women ~ Gossip, Peace, Planning and Singleness

Welcome to Mentoring ~ Woman to Woman (http://www.womantowoman.us) Healing Hearts – Repairing Homes – Embracing Femininity In this issue: Gossip, Principles of Peace, Planning Well, Seasons of Singleness Online Store (click here) Gossip? Leaky lips? Your words reveal your character. The Scriptures are full of wisdom and instruction for us regarding what we speak and […]

‘God helps those who help themselves’

Someone wrote: That’s why I quoted something not from the Bible but which was true …”God helps those who help themselves”. If you do not want to help yourself there is very little hope. I responded: This idea is explicit at least once [*] and implicit many times in the Bible… [*] Clue: to whom […]

Reason, Season, or a Lifetime

(~) Reason, Season, or a Lifetime People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime. When you know which one it is for a person, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you […]