Reader, Whether your Christmas Day is just getting started, or is coming to an end, I hope you take one more time to hear or read the Christmas story. The original one. The one in the Bible. No ornaments. No Santa. No Bing Crosby. It’s 100% natural and Gluten-free. Just Jesus. Click here to give a listen – or read. Even if you’ve heard it a hundred times before. It won’t take long, and It will calm your soul. Merry Christmas, John Certalic P.S. More episodes are coming in early 2025 |
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“At the end of the day, nothing matters MORE than relationships.” — John Certalic
Dig Your Well Before You Are Thirsty
Reader, You’ve probably heard this before, Dig your well before you are thirsty. The phrase comes up 6.9 million times in a Google search. I couldn’t confirm who first said it. Some think it is an ancient Chinese proverb. It could have come from Yogi Berra for all I know. I thought of this axiom...
Give the Gift of Listening
Reader, As summer starts to wind down I’m looking forward to getting behind the podcast microphone on September 6 to launch Season 8 of You Were Made for This. The This we were made for is the joy found in life-giving relationships God designed for us. It’s what our podcast is all about. A big...
We Need More Silence
Hi Reader, With the start of season 8 of our You Were Made for This podcast coming September 6th, I thought you might be interested in a foretaste of what our focus will be this fall. It’s going to be on improving our listening skills as a means to improve our relationships. No one is born a good...
We Learn Most When We Listen to Others
“We learn most when we listen to others” is a line from my favorite TV show, Call the Midwife. It’s a PBS program that airs on Sunday night about a
What We Wish For
Last month I wrote about a relationship moment from a vacation trip my wife and I took with our grandson Nathan. It was a quote from Shakespeare we found in
Solutions to Loneliness. Will These Work?
In last week’s blog post I gave a summary of the recent 81-page report by the U.S. Surgeon General on loneliness and social isolation. It was all about the problem.
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation
I recently read Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Social Isolation 2023. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. A little long, but what
Important Relationship Issues to Consider
I’ve so appreciated the feedback listeners to our podcast have been sending me. Some important relationship issues have been suggested for consideration when Season 8 of You Were Made for
Responses to “I Need Help”
Our You Were Made for This podcast listeners have suggested some very good ideas for relationship topics to be examined in future episodes. They are in response to my May
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