by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 26, 2019 | Sermon Illustrations
While it might seem obvious in retrospect, one of the latest breakthroughs in the psychology of happiness has to do with gratitude. Multiple studies have shown a positive correlation between gratitude and happiness. One study, performed by Dr. Dr. Robert A. Emmons of...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 19, 2019 | Sermon Illustrations
Psychologists tell us that one of the most difficult conditions a person can be forced to bear is light deprivation. Darkness, in fact, is often used in military captivity or penal institutions to break down an individual’s sense of self. Once a person becomes...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 12, 2019 | Encouragement, Gratitude, Sermon Illustrations, Thanksgiving
Tracy Autler’s life changed in a very unexpected way on Thanksgiving Day, 1993. Tracy was a single mother, living in an apartment in a rough neighborhood, she was doing her best to raise a three-year old while preparing for the birth of her second child, at that...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Nov 5, 2019 | Sermon Illustrations
An American woman visiting the Philippines, observed an elderly woman on the outskirts of Manila. She looked poverty-stricken and walked with the help of a cane down into a ditch alongside a  main road. The American observed the woman struggling and assumed she needed...