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November 20, 2015
How to Pray With Thanksgiving
I know what you’re thinking. Why are you doing a post on how to pray with thanksgiving? Isn’t it pretty simple? Don’t you just pray and thank God?
In a sense, it is that simple. You just pray and thank God. But what if you can’t think of anything to thank Him for?
What if your life is going so bad at the moment that you honestly, try as hard as you can, can’t think of anything to be thankful about?
That’s where the renewing of the mind comes in.
When we renew our minds, we’re taking off our o...
November 6, 2015
Productivity: 9 Lies That Make You Feel Overwhelmed
Do you ever feel so overwhelmed you don’t even know where to begin with the work that’s on your plate?
Sometimes those overwhelmed feelings come from the work itself, but often they come from the other things: our attitudes, our fears, our desire to please others, and our doubts about being able to do the things on our to do lists.
Add that to the other things going on in our lives, and it’s pretty easy to start feeling overwhelmed.
In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll be...
October 14, 2015
How to Use the Focus Time App to Stop Procrastinating!
Do you ever feel like you flit from one thing to the next and never accomplish anything?
Today I’d like to show you how I use the Focus Time app to stop procrastinating and stay focused on the task at hand.
The Focus Time appis based on the Pomodorotechnique. Here’s how Wikipedia defines this technique:
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals traditionally 25 minutes in l...
October 12, 2015
Favorite Apps for Overcoming Procrastination!!
It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote a post on how to overcome procrastination using a little box and slips of paper. I have since joined the new techy age and am nowconquering procrastination with my 2 favoriteapps for overcoming procrastination!
Here they are: Trelloand Focus Time. (Trello willalso work on your computer so you can use it even if you don’t have a device that takes apps.)
These two apps are revolutionizing my life in the area of getting things done! In this post I’d like to sh...
October 7, 2015
Overcoming Procrastination Class Starts October 19, 2015
Hi Everyone! This post is for all of my fellow procrastinators out there. BeginningOctober 19th, I’ll be leadinga a fourweek classon overcoming procrastination.
I’d love to have you join if you’d likehelp withyour to-do list or goal.
We’ll be using my book, The Renewing of the Mind Project, as a study guide to go to God for help with procrastination.
Here are three differentways you could approach the project:
Make a 3-5 item to do list each day and focus on accomplishing your list each day....September 24, 2015
I Deserve a Donut iPhone App Update – Read Before Updating
Hi Everyone! I’m happy (and relieved!) to announce that theI Deserve a Donut iPhone app update will be out soon–maybe even in the next day or two!
This blog post isto let you know what the changes are so you can decide whether or not you want to do the free update.
Here’s a list of the changes I’m pretty sure you’ll like:
1. The update has the whole I Deserve a Donut book on it, whereas the original appwas a much earlier version of it. This means that some of the questions and tips will be di...
September 14, 2015
Christian Weight Loss on Periscope: Join the Scopes!
You know how yousometimes hit the middle of the dayand want to give up on all your weight loss goals? Here’s help! Beginning tonight, I’ll be periscoping Monday to Friday on the subject of Christian weight loss.
I’ll be broadcasting at 6 pm MST on Monday nights (this will be a Q&A session) and at 12:00 noon MST on Tuesday-Friday.
For the noon sessions I’ll have a planned weight loss topic, and you’ll still be able to ask questions at the end if you’d like. If I have to miss a noon scope, I’ll...
September 11, 2015
Avoiding Depression: Try to Stay Ahead of the Pain
When our oldest son was ten, he broke his femur skiing and ended up in the hospital for six weeks with his leg in traction.
The pain wasexcruciating, and I still remember one thing the nurse told us: Try to stay ahead of the pain.
In other words, don’t wait until the pain is so overwhelming you can’t stand it before you take the pain meds. Instead, take them on a schedule: every four hours.Because if you wait until it really starts hurting, it’s almost impossible to get rid of.
The same is tr...
August 14, 2015
The “I Want to Be Great” (or at least avoid being a loser) Bible Study
Do you ever feel like you want to be great?
Not because greatnessis so appealing in and of itself–but because you thinkpeople will respect you or like you moreif you’re great?
Unfortunately,we live in a world that defines greatness by numbers.
It might be likes on Facebook, anumber on the scale, adollar amounton a paycheck, followers on social media, or even the number of people in our church pews.
The numbers we’re looking for vary depending on our stage in life and vocation, but the message...
July 14, 2015
Online Bible Study Begins August 2, 2015
Hi Everyone! Just wanted to let you know thatKarina Price will beleading an online Biblestudy of Taste for Truth: A 30 Day Weight Loss Bible Study beginning on Monday, August 3rd, 2015.
You may remember Karina from an interview I did with her on the Christian Habits Podcast.Karina is one of those people you feel comfortable with as soon as you meet her, and I had a wonderful time visiting with her on the podcast.
Karina has done a couple of rounds through Taste for Truth prior to this and has...
