by Chris Manion | Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Spiritual Fitness
Thought for the Day: I will trust and obey my Lord and my God. The year felt hard. My work as an author overwhelmed me. My shoulders and spirit sagged under the burden of what I felt called to do. Long sighs forced air into my lungs after my thoughts pressed it out of...
by Chris Manion | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog
I keep waking up to a gnawing sadness in my spirit these days. Perhaps you know what I mean? The sadness doesn’t surprise me with all that’s going on in the world today: the double-edged sword of a pandemic that some refuse to respect; a rising...
by Chris Manion | Aug 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
We’re so tired of it. The pandemic? Yes. “Enough already!” We get tired of old familiar things too. Such as “Sing a New Song,” the 1972 Dan Schutte guitar song, that God brought before me recently. I tired of that song twenty years ago...
by Chris Manion | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog, Writing
Help! her spirit whispered inside her. She needed help but hesitated to ask for it. One of my writer friends found herself stuck recently with a deadline looming. Amy, a friend of hers, possessed skills that could help her, but she hesitated to ask. Amy had so much on...
by Chris Manion | Jan 20, 2018 | Blog, Writing
For the last five years or so, I’ve chosen a word for the year. It focuses on me; gives pathways to my thoughts and intentions. I like it! The year I retired, my word was JOY. This year, I tried a program that generates a word for you. The word I received...