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Sep 12, 2020

In A Life Rut? A Few of You should Do This:

So you want to do life differently? Chart a new course? Be brave again? Drag yourself out of a depressed state? Simple… Sort of… But n

MUST IT MONETIZE? And What To Do If It Doesn't?

Mark Whitten

Feb 22, 2020

MUST IT MONETIZE? And What To Do If It Doesn't?

You have a passion...A mission...A Calling. But should you monetize it? What should you do if it's just not monetizing?

12 STEPS FOR DESIGNING A BEAUTIFUL YEAR, EVEN THOUGH FEBRUARY IS AT HAND!

Mark Whitten

Jan 27, 2020

12 STEPS FOR DESIGNING A BEAUTIFUL YEAR, EVEN THOUGH FEBRUARY IS AT HAND!

I intended to take some time in January to consecrate and plan the New Year, but time just got away and I fear another year of the same!

Mark Whitten

Jan 24, 2020

Start Every Day With These in 2020!

202o Daily Affirmations created by Mark to enhance your life and bring about your best year ever! Listen, Watch, or Listen and Watch!

Mark Whitten

Oct 30, 2019

How to Read a Book (Or How to Date One)

Books like to be naked. Burn the outfit or if you think the book might be embarrassed, keep it for when you're not having an intimate time

Mark Whitten

Oct 21, 2019

Faith is a Quantum Material

Check out my premier youtube video!

Mark Whitten

Sep 25, 2019

Self-Publishing for Legacy

I am recording little pieces of who I am for my posterity. I'm actually making history with my words.

Mark Whitten

Sep 25, 2019

21 Questions for Christian Self-Care

"My brothers' anger scorched me; they made me work all day long in the vineyards, So I did not have time to care for my own vineyard, to ...

Reflections and Lessons I Learned Last Year

Mark Whitten

Sep 23, 2019

Reflections and Lessons I Learned Last Year

I began a new discipline a few years ago. At the beginning of each New Year, instead of making a list of Resolutions, I take some time to...

Mark Whitten

Sep 23, 2019

End of the Year Resolutions

Facing the final quarter of the year may seem . But, it's actually good news! End of the Year Resolutions can be life-changing!

Mary Oliver Rejected Me, So I Made My Own

Mark Whitten

Sep 9, 2019

Mary Oliver Rejected Me, So I Made My Own

Mary Oliver rejected me. Well, sort-of. Fair use for poetry. Permissions for Mary Oliver poems. Copyright and poetry. Can I copy a poem

Mark Whitten

Sep 5, 2019

Walter Mitty's Resume

If you haven't seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, stop right now, pull up your amazon app and watch the whole thing, NOW! Okay, maybe ...

Mark Whitten

Aug 8, 2019

Vows For Now?

For centuries, our monastic brethren have offered their strength, intellect, and physical bodies to be available for God's use. The most...

Mark Whitten

Aug 8, 2019

The Re-Monk Rule

"Every major monastic movement decided at some point that it needed a rule of life by which to work, serve and live. The Augustinian Rule...

Real Help for Christians Desperate to Break Bad Habits or Start New, Good Ones

Mark Whitten

Aug 8, 2019

Real Help for Christians Desperate to Break Bad Habits or Start New, Good Ones

Vows can be an extremely powerful way to break negative cycles in our lives; they can also be employed as a catalyst for beginning new, p...

Mark Whitten

Jul 17, 2019

No.

Jesus gives us permission to say no. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ (Matthew 5:37 NKJV) Even for churches this can be...

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