Bringing Faith to Life

Do you find yourself consumed in the busyness of your day-to-day activities and just going through the motions? Were you too busy to notice that God was with you in all of it? This session will show you ways to live every day with a greater awareness of God’s presence and love.

Sometimes we face obstacles that seem insurmountable. What if we could learn to release from our grasp those obstacles that inhibit us from developing an intimate relationship with Christ; to let go of concentrating on what has been hurtful and look to what will be life-giving? This talk takes a look at some of the obstacles that keep us from growing closer to Christ and how we can overcome these barriers in order to experience God every day.

Each of us, made in God’s image, have different ways of understanding, learning, communicating, and engaging in the world around us. Therefore, it stands to reason that we’d connect and talk with God in different ways too. This interactive session will illustrate the various forms of prayer, and which form may work best for your individual personality.

We love listening to music as it is an important part of our lives for it defines who we are and helps us tune out the rest of the world. And there is the problem: we are using our earbuds to tune out the rest of the world – and God. This talk will help you understand why you may not be able to hear God’s voice and provide you with actual steps that you can follow in order to hear God speaking to you.

In many ways, our spiritual life is a lot like a cell phone battery. There are times when our “spiritual battery” is fully charged, but there are also times when it is low or even dead and we’re just going through the motions in our spiritual life. This presentation will offer six steps to take when your spiritual “low battery” light starts flashing in order to plug-in to our Divine Power Source.

Given how much time we spend at work, it should be no surprise that what happens there is critical for our spiritual growth. In fact, it is through our work that we have the greatest opportunity to reach people by living out our faith so that others can see God through us. This talk will address the five disciplines that we need to follow so we can fully embrace Christ is every aspect of our day – especially at work.

Forgiveness is often the first step we take when healing from a hurt and also starting a relationship with God. We must never tire of asking for God’s forgiveness, because only when we are forgiven, we learn to forgive. This talk will reveal the three steps on how to forgive – a process that will completely change your life.

Most adults don’t feel they are managing their stress well; and with our crazy-busy schedules, it’s easy to see how we lose focus on what really matters. How do we live in a world in which we have more and more to do with less time for leisure, reflection, prayer, community, or to just be? Learn how to change your habits in order to keep busyness and stress to a minimum by putting God first in your lives and finding calm amidst the chaos of life.

The emotions that come when somebody you love passes away are not always recognizable as suffering or grief. You desperately want it to go away, except for sometimes when you don’t want it to go away. In this presentation, five tips will be provided to help come to terms with your grief and eventually, find a way to pick up the pieces and move on with your life.