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
- 1306
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
March 13 Doing Life: Zamboni Drivers
Overcoming inconvenience and the risk of failure and embarassment is sometimes necessary to help others!
March 12 Doing Life: Birthdays
The day of our birth is a priceless gift: the day we came into the world to bring joy to our families, friends and others.
March 11 Doing Life: Prejudice
Prejudice is simply pre-judging; and its a really bad idea!
March 10 Doing Life: Faking It
We all require the Holy spirit within us to strengthen our faith!
March 9 Doing Life: Hypocrisy
God sees into your heart, no matter your outward action.
March 7 Doing Life: Pop's checkbook
God writes us a check: and Jesus delivers it.
March 4 Doing Life: Life is Real
Longfellow understood what many Christians do not: doing good works to earn God's favor is a complete misunderstanding of scripture.
March 3 Doing Life: Apparent Wind
Faith leads to an abundant life, not necessarily an easy one!
March 2 (and 1st) Doing Life: Pick Me & Light
We can be bold when we know the Creator of the Universe has our back! We are to be a light in the darkness, no matter how scary!
March 1 (Feb 29) Doing Life: Garbage
"There is beauty in the ordinary." Matthew 6:28
February 28 Doing Life: Pascal's Wager
God either IS or He Isn't? If you have to choose, one choice you potentially lose everything; the other you gain it all!
February 27 Doing Life: Top of the World
Love lifts us all and music moves us like no other experience!
February 26 Doing Life: That's Just Wrong!
There is an ACTUAL Right and Wrong. there's nothing "relative" about it!
February 25 Doing Life: Star Spangled Banner
We are a free people, able to think and worship as we please! Thank God!
February 24 Doing Life: Really Hard Stuff
Very few of us strive to achieve our full God Given potential!
February 23 Doing Life: the Depths
Our god is ever faithful, always available; even when we seem to call on Him only when we hit rock bottom!
February 22 Doing Life: Mirror, Mirror
Want a clear view in the mirror of what you really look like, AND a quick fix? Try the Bible.