DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times
We live in a world that has been driven to the brink by natural disasters, political divisiveness, and a pandemic that threatened to crush the world's socioeconomic infrastructure, no less the health and welfare of every individual. Dr. Thurston draws on a lifetime of experience in medicine, his formal theological training in seminary, and his love of music, sailing, animals and children, to bring you these first 365 devotions. Through laughter and tears, each will reorient you to what's truly important in life, and provide you with new approaches to finding lasting peace and contentment! Anyone dealing with stress or grief, or simply feeling lost, will find solace in these podcasts!
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 1305
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
September 8 Doing Life: A Bear's Behind
The miraculous surrounds us. You'll know it when you look at whatever it is and think to yourself, "How is that EVEN possible?"
September 7 Doing Life: Hidden at High Tide
Its easy to forget the errors of our fathers and the lessons they once learned.
September 6 Doing Life: Something is Wrong
Personal responsibility has replaced personal response; we focus on what we can do, not what God has done! We will never ACHIEVE righteousness!
September 5 Doing Life: Mud Puddles
As we acknowledge our mortality our search for answers turns inward and a new enlightenment occurs. Disillusionment s a good thing because you no longer labor under an illusion.
September 4 Doing Life: Hove To
Being Still is sometimes the best way to find your way forward
September 3 Doing Life: Air Conditioning
God provides the shade when our problems heat up!
September 2 Doing Life: Fans in the Stands
The community of Saints keeps us encouraged
September 1 Doing Life: No Take-Backs
Actions have consequences, despite our being forgiven
August 31 Doing Life: In the Response
Don't look and calamity and natural disaster and and ask "where is God?" instead, look for God in the response to tragedy.
August 30 Doing Life: Reminders
Little pains can be reminders of the Gift.
August 29 Doing Life: Dry Chemical
When the fire rages around us, LOVE is our dry chemical!
August 28 Doing Life: Traffic Lights
While we Believers live under Grace and not the Law; we recognize that keeping the laws of society allow us to live together, peacefully and productively.
August 27 Doing Life: Mooring
"God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)
August 26 Doing Life: Behind Enemy Lines
In this life on earth, we are always behind enemy lines!n Don't go it alone!
August 25 Doing Life: On Tap
Faith without works is not real. If you volunteer, show up.
August 24 Doing Life: Time Heals All Wounds?
Old sins linger just like old wounds UNLESS you choose the Savior!
August 22 Doing Life: Jesus' Little Brother
There is no better feeling than being adopted into a loving family.
August 21 Doing Life: Turbulence
Faith and reason have no quarrel, only faith and fear!
August 20 Doing Life: Disoriented
When the world seem upside down, you need something to orient you!