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
June 1 Doing Life: Uncertainty
" Now faith is confidence in what we hope for; and assurance about what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)
May 31 Doing Life: Spirit of Power
"Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, he is the One who goes with you!" (Deut 31:6)
May 29 Doing Life: Irish Horses
We sometimes run the race in the wrong direction!
May 28 Doing Life: Discipline
Sanctification isn't soaked up through your pillow at night. It involves some self-discipline.
May 26 Doing Life: Call Mom
"Mother is the name of God on the lips and in the hearts of little children." (William Thackery)
May 25 Doing Life: Known
"He knows your name and speaks to the Father; His thoughts are with you each moment of the day..." (Stephen Adams, recorded by Fotosisters)
May 24 Doing Life: On Call
"He who keeps you shall neither slumber nor sleep." (Psalm 121:1-4)
May 23 Doing Life: Convictions
What does it mean to have the courage of your convictions?
May 22 Doing Life: Miracles
Miracles lie outside the realm of science, like ethics. They don't contradict it.
May 21 Doing Life: Aslan
"Is He Safe? I should feel quite nervous about meeting a Lion!"
"Safe? Who said anything about safe? Course He isn't safe, but He's Good. He's the King I tell you!"
(The Lion, the witch and the Wardro…
May 20 Doing Life: Freedom
"The Truth Shall make You Free" Jesus (John 8:31-32)
May 19 Doing Life: Fighting Words
"No one comes to the Father except through Me." Jesus (John 14:6)
May 18 Doing Life: Before Dawn
There would be no need for a Savior without the Dark
May 17 Doing Life: Good News
The answer to every problem in the world is not an approach, its a person.
May 16 Doing Life: Don't Spit into the Wind
Certain headings in life are simply not achievable in our own power, no matter how we desire them.
May 15 Doing Life: Drowning
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" (Psalm 27)
May 14 Doing Life: Audible Books
"You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child!" (Dr Seuss)
May 13 Doing Life: Starting the Subaru
Jesus loves us completely, passionately and above all, reliably!
May 12 Doing Life: For Granted
"When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted, or take them with gratitude." (G.K. Chesterton)