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Free Book Friday #39

Pat Hannon @phannon March 13, 2015 Leave a Comment

Free Book Friday #39

It’s Friday! That means free books, book deals, and miscellaneous ramblings.

Free Books
Life to the Max by Max Lucado When God Met A Girl Andrew SnadenSmart Women Know When to Say No by Kevin Leman

$.99 eBook Sale
Zondervan currently has hundreds of ebooks on sale for $.99. View the whole list here.
I’ve selected a number of great titles to recommend for you. Click on the covers to get them at this deal while you can!

John Wesley's Teachings, Vol 1 John Wesley's Teachings, Vol 2 John Wesley's Teachings, Vol 4 Praying the Scriptures for Your Children Real SImplicity by Rozanne and Randy Frazee Common Roots by Robert E. Webber Hungry for God by Margaret Feinberg The Organic God by Margaret Feinberg Rest by Keri Wyatt Kent STIR by Mindy Caliguire Deep Justice in a Broken World by Chap Clark and Kara Powell Organic Outreach for Ordinary People by Kevin Harney Organic Outreach for Families by Kevin and Sherry Harney

Weekly Ramblings

How often does our life feel like this? Very funny, and very tiring.

Tomorrow is Pi Day. Our family celebrates every year by having pie for dinner.
This year, Pi Day is extra cool. At 9:26 am and 53 seconds, it will be 3/14/15 9:26:53 (the first 10 digits of the number pi.)

#PiDay Dinner

A photo posted by Pat Hannon (@pathannon) on Mar 14, 2013 at 3:47pm PDT

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Free Book Friday #38

Pat Hannon @phannon March 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

Free Book Friday #38

Free Book
Hit the Mark by Erik Fisher and Jim Woods
I worked with Erik Fisher at Indiana Wesleyan University. He’s a great guy with a great podcast. Grab his book while it’s free!

Book Deals
Check out these books with massive discounts at Amazon.
Community of Kindness by Steve Sjogren For All God's Worth by NT Wright Sacred Pause by Rachel Hackenburg The Jesus Creed for Students by Scot McKnight 40 Days Living the Jesus Creed by Scot McKnight The Jesus Prayer by Frederica Mathews-Green
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Weekly Ramblings
I’ve decided to add some weekly ramblings to my Free Book Friday posts. What will I ramble about? Whatever I want! Perhaps some thoughts, perhaps some links, always some ramblings.

At it’s best, the church is like this.

We’ve been discussing using the hymnal more at our church. It’s a crazy idea: What if when we sing a song in the hymnal, we encourage people to use the hymnal? Jonathan offers 15 reasons this might be a good idea.

Hymnals involve tactile action. Hymnals make the people work. Picking up the hymnal, finding the right page, and holding it up to sing grounds you in time and space. Feeling the weight in your hand engages you in the activity more than staring at a screen ever could.

I used this website to schedule a meeting last week. Worked better than emailing/texting/calling everyone over and over.

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Pat Hannon @phannon June 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Being Dad Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Tim Miller! He was randomly selected as winner of the Being Dad book giveaway. Watch your email, Tim, for instructions to claim your book.

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Monday Quote: Caffeine + Holy Spirit

Pat Hannon @phannon June 2, 2014 Leave a Comment

Monday Quote: Caffeine + Holy Spirit

Caffeine + the Holy Spirit = Awesome –Mark Batterson

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Monday Quote: Pray for Peace

Pat Hannon @phannon May 26, 2014 Leave a Comment

Monday Quote: Pray for Peace

I, Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 26, 2014, as a day of prayer for permanent peace.
–Presidential Proclamation: Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2014

PrayerforPeace2014

 

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Monday Quote: My Mother

Pat Hannon @phannon May 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Monday Quote: My Mother

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

-George Washington

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Happy New Year, 2014!

Pat Hannon @phannon January 1, 2014 Leave a Comment

Happy New Year, 2014!

Wishing a happiest New Year to all my friends, family, and blog readers!
May God’s presence be near to you this year.
May we all fully embrace the God-life in 2014!

Chesterton New YearThe object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

-G. K. Chesterton

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Breaking The Silence

Pat Hannon @phannon December 30, 2013 Leave a Comment

Breaking The Silence

Last Spring I completely reworked EmbraceTheGodLife.com. I wrote a few new posts and picked up some new readers. My post “How Steven Pressfield, Jeff Goins, and a Bad Website Helped Me Turn Pro” gained some traction on social media. I saw a spike in readers and received the most traffic I ever have.
SilenceWorksSo, how did I respond to this growth in my blog? I went silent for 7 months.

Not the best tactic for reaching worldwide internet fame, I know. So what gives?

Here’s what gives: God opened on unforeseen door. My family and I were unexpectedly invited to begin a new ministry assignment in North Carolina, outside of Charlotte. Sensing God’s leading in this opportunity, we made  a major, and rather quick, long distance move. It required absolute focus on what had to be done. Triage was the order of the day. Do what had to be done, let the rest go. Some good things were set aside so that the most important things could be accomplished.

This is the way life works.

Our New Town

Our New Town

We can’t do everything. And sometimes we can’t do what we usually do. Life moves in seasons, and some seasons are completely overwhelming. Thankfully we’ve arrived in a much more stable season. Things are going well in our new place. God has blessed us and we have entered into a much more stable season of life.

That big blog post 7 months ago was about turning pro. Here’s a few more lessons: Sometimes you can’t turn pro in every area of your life at once, and you have to focus on the most important. Sometimes turning pro is followed by a setback. Sometimes even a pro has to follow a move in the right direction with a lengthy time of silence. What do you do then? You let the silence do its work, regain your voice, and break the silence.

Click to Tweet: Let the silence do its work, regain your voice, and break the silence.

With that, I’m breaking the silence. Sorry to leave you in the quiet for so long. Let’s pick up the conversation, shall we?

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Welcome New Readers

Pat Hannon @phannon April 29, 2013 2 Comments

Welcome New Readers

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Here’s a big hello for new readers of Embrace the God Life.

I’m excited about the new work that is happening here and having you along for the journey. I look forward to engaging with your comments along the way.

Since many readers are new, here are some of my favorite past posts.

Check these out:

  • How Steven Pressfield, Jeff Goins, and a Bad Website Helped Me Turn Pro
  • On Not Writing
  • 1 Bible Verse Leaders MUST Memorize
  • Give Presence
  • Missional Halloween
  • The Power of Small Actions
  • Our Plan for Family Prayer
  • The Importance of Staying Engaged
  •  Training For Godliness
  • 8 Keys to Unlock New Habits
  • Leading Lectio Divina
  • The Importance of Creating Space
  • A Life Charge

Great to have you around. Let’s embrace the God life!

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Pat Hannon @phannon April 26, 2013 2 Comments

The new site is live!

Welcome to the newest version of Embrace the God Life. Thanks for stopping by!

I’m excited about this redo of the site. It looks great, should foster engagement, and will make it easier for me to post relevant content for you, the reader.

As far as I can tell everything migrated from the old site and all is now fully functional. One exception: Comments from the old site did not migrate properly. I hope to yet get them moved over.

Please leave a comment if you find something that isn’t working properly or you cannot find a resource you are seeking.

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