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Dr. Gladys Childs' Blog
Gladys Childs
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Easy Steps to Find the Peace Between Stimulus and Response
Have you ever heard the phrase, “pause between stimulus and response?” Austrian psychotherapist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl...
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Gladys Childs
- Dec 26, 2022
- 4 min
Easy Steps for Setting Godly Resolutions for the New Year
As I write this last blog of 2022, it is Christmas day, there are seven days left before the new year, and my brother is dying. This year...
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Gladys Childs
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
Finding God in the Ordinary Everyday Moments
What is it about life which causes us to look ahead? We look forward to the change of seasons, school starting, school ending, vacations,...
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Gladys Childs
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
What if the opposite of failure is not success?
“Entrust your work to the Lord, and your planning will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) I had failed. As I walked to my office to gather my...
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Gladys Childs
- Nov 8, 2022
- 7 min
Simple steps for replacing chaos with peace this holiday season
Family gatherings, holiday parties, winter sickness, traveling, and missing loved ones who have passed away can leave everyone worn out...
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Gladys Childs
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
Simple steps on how to share your stories of faith.
Who loves a good story? I know I do. And the best stories are the ones where we get to know someone better. A surefire way to engage...
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Gladys Childs
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
Discover amazing reasons why we should serve those hurting and in need.
Where are you? I know where I was. It was many years ago and as Chaplain, I liked to go and visit the various spiritual group meetings on...
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Gladys Childs
- Oct 5, 2022
- 5 min
Simple reasons why you need to be good at giving back.
What if the opposite of "out of control" is "freedom"? Why do people associate freedom with the ability to do whatever they want,...
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Gladys Childs
- Sep 28, 2022
- 7 min
God is looking for you. Why do you keep hiding?
Shhhh....it is a secret, so you cannot tell anyone. Did you know you were meant to be found? God is looking for you. When The Hiding...
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Gladys Childs
- Sep 20, 2022
- 8 min
Why we really need each other. Two simple actions to improve your life.
I was angry, really angry. Livid. Enraged. Vexed. Ill-tempered. So full of rage toward the "others," that nothing I did would quite the...
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Gladys Childs
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
Your voice has influential power. Know how to use it for good.
"You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself." Devastation flooded through my 14-year-old self. That was not what I was expecting to hear...
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Gladys Childs
- Aug 25, 2022
- 10 min
Know your awesome powerful voice, now what? Four concepts to consider.
I think by now, if you have been reading from the beginning of this series, you have caught on by what I mean by voice. It is a noun and...
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Gladys Childs
- Aug 9, 2022
- 7 min
Feel like you cannot adequately serve God? Do you know your own voice?
As a pastor's wife I actually have had quite a few people talk about their inability to serve God in a way that makes a difference. They...
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Gladys Childs
- Aug 3, 2022
- 6 min
The Power Behind Your Voice
Just in case this is the first of my blogs you are reading, I need to let you know we are going deep, real deep. You may just need to...
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Gladys Childs
- Jul 26, 2022
- 8 min
Heart Distracted? Ways to focus on God with these super easy steps.
As I sit to write this third and final blog of the Atttention series, the irony is, I am struggling to focus. Not a joke. God has a sense...
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Gladys Childs
- Jul 18, 2022
- 6 min
Simple Steps to Recovery When You Take Your Focus Off of God.
After reading my first Harry Potter book, I wished I could have been a wizard and gone to Hogwarts. My favorite line from all the books...
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Gladys Childs
- Jul 13, 2022
- 7 min
Can God Get Your Attention?
In Genesis 28:10-16 is the story of Jacob's dream at Bethel. Jacob had left Beersheba and set out for Harran. Jacob stopped at a certain...
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