It’s not fair!

written by Dave Egeland
Most of us can agree that life is not fair.I believe everyone has complained at least once in their life that things aren’t fair, and someone, usually a parent, will answer: “well, life isn’t fair.” Which doesn’t really resolve anything or make you feel better but it does make you [...]

Chew on This

Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a [...]

Welcome to Recovery

by Shelley E. (Celebrate the Journey Leader)

This winter, I started in the 12 step group apprenticing. I sat in for a couple weeks before my leader mentioned to the group that I would be helping out. Slowly I got to know my group, love them, pray for them, and have a deep admiration [...]

Chew on this

Courage is being scared to death— and saddling up anyway.
–John Wayne

Handling Crisis

Our prayers are with the students and families affected by the tragic shooting incident at NIU. 
People can become quite overwhelmed when a crisis situation occurs.  Sometimes they do not feel the affects until later.  Perhaps the biggest crisis event we all can remember is 9/11.  Everyone in America was affected by the tragic events and [...]

But what do I get?

Sometimes when we face change, we get scared because we have to give up who we are. We don’t always know what happens next. The big blue book titled Alcoholics Anonymous mentions a list of things that we will see if we decide to change and develop.
We are going to know a new freedom [...]

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
–Helen Keller

David and another man’s wife

The following is a summary of Diane’s teaching from January 29th.

Sometimes we feel like we cannot go to church, or come to God until we get ourselves all cleaned up, or maybe you have a friend that feels this way. Certainly no one is perfect, and the Bible is full of stories of people that [...]

Setting Limits

Two aspects of limits stand out when it comes to creating better boundaries.  The first is setting limits on others.  This is the component we most often hear about when we talk about boundaries.  In reality, setting limits on others is a misnomer.  We can’t do that.  What we can do is set limits on [...]

More to chew on

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right.
–Henry Ford