Imagine being a young girl and an angel appears and tells you that you have found favor with God. Honestly, I really can’t imagine! The angel goes on to explain that you would conceive by the Holy Spirit, and give birth to the Son of God. The questions that would race through my mind: How…
Last week, a friend told me she had spent her lunch break crying in her car. Not because something terrible happened to her, but because she felt behind on Christmas. She said, “I’m overspending, overeating, and overstressed and Christmas hasn’t even arrived.” Her words might resonate with you. Before Christmas day arrives, many of us are…
Stress may be a constant companion, but the holidays can make it worse. Extra demands—shopping, travel, decorating, family expectations, social events can push even calm people toward overwhelm. In the first chapter of my new book Hope and Healing for Anxiety, I explain that unmanaged stress is often the doorway to anxiety. If you don’t recognize…
