Happy Christian: Dr. Binu Peniel: Munroist (See life from a higher perspective)
When I was growing up back home in India there was a lot of negativity around me. The dogmas of the church were creating restrictions in life. There was no freedom. There was the glorification for the theology of suffering and eschatology. I faced a lot of challenges to face the realities of everyday life. The most powerful book I have ever read in my life when I look back was, "The power of positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peale." This is true even when it comes to research studies in the field of psychology. Even in the 90's for every one positive psychology studies, there were 17 studies on depression and other mental health disorders. The traditional psychology asked this question or problem statement, why are people unhappy? How can we fix their problem? Let's ask the question "what can make people happy?" Let's not focus on the problem, rather focus on the solution. Today we even have solution focused psychology. Happiness has many befits, even if we relate it with the church. Those who attend church once a week have a 25% higher life expectancy than those who don't because it probably increases their social support system, even if it does nothing in their spiritual life. http://www.binupeniel.com/2018/07/pos... Binu B. Peniel (B.D., M.Th DCPC, D.Min.,) binu.peniel@gmail.com (Email) http://www.binupeniel.com (Blogging Website) https://www.mixcloud.com/binupeniel/(... Cavenomic.com) https://soundcloud.com/binu-peniel (SoundCloud) https://twitter.com/Binupeniel (Twitter) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3Z... (Youtube Channel) https://www.linkedin.com/in/binu-peni... (Linkedin)
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