Positive Faith

Outrunning Multiple Sclerosis

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:36:00 -0400

A Danish woman has run 366 marathons in a year after an MS diagnosis.

Email/RSS view video here.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

Faithful Heart [Video]

Wed, 24 Jul 2013 08:39:00 -0400

Powerful testimony in a time of great trial. So thankful to Austin Stone for this series of short films.

RSS/Email view video here.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

Bubble Football [Video]

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:12:07 -0400

Thought this would give you a chuckle and something to add to your “bucket list."

Just when you thought we’d run out of things to invent.

This is what American football looks like to us Brits!

RSS/Email viewing link.

Savor Every Moment [Video]

Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:29:00 -0400

RSS/Email viewing link.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

Jordan and Jessica's Story [Video]

Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:09:14 -0400

Great story from the Reformed African American Network. Two Christians who were both widowed in their twenties, one a church planter in New York, find new love in one another.

RSS/Email view video here.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

This is what a real hero looks like

Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:50:00 -0400

Two teenagers helped save a 5-year-old girl who was abducted while playing in her yard by chasing the abductor’s car for 15 minutes on their bikes."

Amazing People: Disabled Wrestlers

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 06:31:00 -0400

Here’s a beautiful and inspiring film about two courageous young men and the ESPN producer who quit her job to help them fulfill their dreams.

Language watch: Mute at 17.45-17.48.

You can read more here and here.

RSS/Email click here to view video.

Street Artist Playing Hallelujah with Crystal Glasses

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:02:00 -0400

RSS/Email view video here.

A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

"Buy experiences not things"

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 07:04:27 -0400

Bullet point summary from the LA Times report How to Buy Happiness

1. Dozens of studies show that people get more happiness from buying experiences than from buying material things.

2. The value of experiences [also] tends to grow over time, becoming rosier in the rearview mirror of memory.

3. And experiences come with one more benefit: They tend to bring us closer to other people, whereas material things are more often enjoyed alone.

4. Doing things with other people improves happiness.

5. Doing things for other people can provide an additional boost.

6. People are happier if they spend money on others. Spending even just a few dollars on someone else provides more happiness than using the cash to treat yourself.

In other words, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).

The Invigorating Culture Shift on Abortion

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:06:23 -0400

A moving, encouraging, and inspiring video.

More details and commentary from Owen Strachan

RSS/Email watch video here.

The Happy Secret to Better Work

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:22:00 -0400

You’ll love this TED talk by Harvard Professor Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage. What a great speaker!

RSS/Email view video here.

Beautiful Birds

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 20:53:18 -0400

These are the most stunning bird photos I’ve ever seen.

Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” So the evening and the morning were the fifth day (Genesis 1:20-23)

How clutter affects your brain

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:48:58 -0400

This is a stimulating and challenging article on the damaging effects of clutter - physical and digital - on our creativity and productivity.

Although the picture of Steve Jobs’ desk gave me hope, I know that I enjoy more productivity and inner peace when my mind and office are uncluttered.

Mikael Cho offers four ideas to help edit the noise in our lives:

1. Apply Constraints

2. Use Small Storage Spaces

3. Conduct a Monthly Review of Your Closet

4. Remove All Files From Your Desktop Daily

However, for me, nothing works better for me than Philippians 4:7-9. Notice that the peace of God in verses 7 and 9 bookend the practices of verse 8. In other words, if we put verse 8 into practice, we will know the peace of God in our lives. There’s no better foundation for creativity and productivity.

10 Reasons not to read the news

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 22:29:13 -0400

News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether

1. News misleads.

2. News is irrelevant.

3. News has no explanatory power.

4. News is toxic to your body.

5. News increases cognitive errors.

6. News inhibits thinking.

7. News works like a drug.

8. News wastes time.

9. News makes us passive.

10. News kills creativity.

And this was published on a newspaper website!

To put it another way: Philippians 4v8-9.

Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things arepure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

Can we make ourselves happier?

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:20:28 -0400

According to the BBC, studies collated by the World Happiness Database say you tend to be happier if you:

1. Are in a long-term relationship

2. Are actively engaged in politics

3. Are active in work and in your free time

4. Go out for dinner

5. Have close friendships (though happiness does not increase with the number of friends you have.

And there are some surprising findings:

1. People who drink in moderation are happier than people who don’t drink at all.

2. Men tend to be happier in a society where women enjoy greater equality.

3. Being considered good looking increases men’s happiness more than it does women’s.

4. You tend to be happier if you think you’re good looking, rather than if you actually, objectively speaking, are.

5. Having children lowers your happiness levels, but your happiness increases when they grow up and leave home.

Read the rest here.

The most beautiful time-lapse video ever?

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 08:37:00 -0400

Does this not make you long for heaven?

RSS/Email view here.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog

Amazing People: Sound Effects Artist

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:38:00 -0400

I have virtually nil interest in movies, but I found this man’s gifts quite stunning.

RSS/Email view here.

The Greatest Artist of all Time

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:44:00 -0400

RSS/Email view video here.

Positive Faith: A Philippians 4:8 Microblog.

Amazing People: Paraplegic Surfer

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 09:09:00 -0400

“Learning to surf when you’re 50 years old is one thing. Learning to surf when you’re paralyzed from the waist down is another, seemingly impossible, thing. But Pascale Honore didn’t want to watch her surfer sons from a wheelchair on the beach for the rest of her life. And then her sons’ friend Tyron Swan came up with a solution: Duct tape."

This is what 66 years of love sounds like [Video]

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:04:00 -0400

RSS/Email view here.

A Philippians 4:8 Microblog.