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To glorify God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul with Amy Newmark
Author, editor and publisher Amy Newmark shares inspirational stories from the iconic book series.
Start your days with inspiration and motivation from the best of Chicken Soup for the Soul and editor-in-chief Amy Newmark. There's nothing like learning from the personal, revealing stories of other people. Amy shares her favorite stories and the wisdom, advice, and easy-to-implement tips that thousands of people have shared in 25 years of Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Tips and advice on Mondays and Wednesdays, and interviews with fascinating writers and influencers on Friend Fridays. It ...
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Going through the simple text of each week’s Parsha - Aliyah by Aliyah. Talking it out and understanding the story, so that we can go through each week with context to better comprehend the deeper lessons. An exciting and descriptive dialogue from, purely, the words of the Torah.
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Have you ever had a miraculous save from a potential disaster? Maybe even a fatal accident? We get these stories all the time from our writers, and we included some great ones in our latest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles, Angels & Messages from Heaven. You don’t have to be a reli…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. We’ve been talking all summer about how you can step outside your comfort zone and make your world bigger, and also feel empowered, energized, enthusiastic, and excited. Lots of good e words. We’ve heard about from our writers who tried lots of things that scared them, including parasailing…
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Ministry Transformed - Colossians 1:28 (Sept 8) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you one of my most popular pieces on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly in two…
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There are many of you in our Church family living with long-term illness. Many of you live with, or love someone, suffering in this way. One thing is true for ALL of us. Everyone will be afflicted at some point in their life with an area of brokenness that needs healing. Physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually. The secular sciences are final…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories with you from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude, stories about how if you look for the silver lining, you’ll find it. That’s the attitude I try to cultivate: Whenever something bad is happening to me I start looking for the sil…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to share a couple of stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Miracles and the Unexplainable, stories about people who express their faith that God will provide and then experience miracles in which their prayers are answered. What I’ve learned from working on these books…
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Serving God His Way - Ezra 8 (Sept 1) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m continuing to share stories with you from our newest book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Attitude of Gratitude. This is an important topic and one of the keys to happiness in my experience. We are constantly getting stories from people who have turned their attitudes around by ac…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you one of my most popular pieces on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly in two…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Have you ever wished you had more friends? Or you’ve moved and you don’t know anyone? I think we all come to that point in our lives. Friends move away, or we grow in different directions, or we start over in a new community, or we get divorced and discover that we just lost half our friend…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? It definitely makes you feel like your world is getting smaller, and it’s one of the themes we see all the time in the stories we receive. People feel empowered and energized when they do something …
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Forging Friendship - Hebrews 10:24-25 (Aug 25) Mark Makary by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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We have never seen this kind of widespread cultural affliction of Anxiety & Depression. It is no respecter of age, race, gender or even whether you are a Christian or not. You may not struggle with it personally but you definitely know and love someone who does. Brett Ullman is part of the "walking wounded" and his story is both raw and hopeful.…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and for the next couple of weeks we’re going to be talking about dogs. We have a new book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog. Which is all about the magic of sharing life with a dog. After all, they keep us company, provide so much unconditional love, share in the ups and d…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and we’re talking about dogs these days, because we have a fabulous new dog book. It’s called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog and it’s about all that magic that we experience as dog family members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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A Model of True Greatness - John 13:1-17 (Aug 18) John Tadros by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and I have something really cool to talk about today. We have released our first coloring book! It’s based on our Chicken Soup for the Soul book called Angels & Miracles and it is a full-fledged, super-high-quality adult coloring book that ALSO contains 29 full stories from that Angels & Mi…
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"Yes, YOU!"In this brief wrap-up of our summer series "Get in the Game" we will talk about the last spiritual gift (and it's a doozy) and then I suppose the onus is on you...How has God uniquely wired you?What is your role in "the body"?What will it take for you to get off the sidelines and into the game?…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever think that maybe you should focus a little more on stepping outside your comfort zone and broadening your world? I think we all have the tendency to stop doing new things… because it’s easier. But then we’re surprised when we try doing something new, or going to a new place, or …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you my most popular piece on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly on two publica…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? It’s really easy to fall into a rut and accidentally let your world become smaller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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The Prosperity of The Wicked - Psalm 73 (Aug 10) Mihir Sircar by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and we’ve been talking about dogs for the past couple of weeks because we have a fabulous new book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog. It’s all about the magic of sharing life with a dog. After all, they keep us company, provide so much unconditional love, share in the ups …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and we’re talking about dogs for a couple of weeks because we have a new, fabulous dog book out. It’s called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog and it’s about all that magic that we experience as dog family members. How do dogs do it anyway? The act as our therapists, they manage to b…
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God's Hand on Your Life - Ezra 7 (Aug 4) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and for the next couple of weeks we’re going to be talking about dogs. We have a fabulous new book out called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog. It’s all about the magic of sharing life with a dog. After all, they keep us company, provide so much unconditional love, share in the ups …
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"Get the FAMILY in the game" This long weekend we will have a short and engaging service for the whole family (children will be remaining in the service) which will include some games, some laughs, some prizes and an opportunity to receive Communion together with all the generations represented... the whole Church FAMILY!We'll also address one spir…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you one of my most popular pieces on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly in two…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Have you ever surprised yourself by doing something because you’re on a mission and then later you just can’t believe that you pulled that off? Sometimes, we just fly right through our comfort zones because we’re so focused on what we’re trying to accomplish. It’s cool when that happens bec…
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On Mission - Ezra 5-6 (July 28) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? I know I have to fight against that impulse all the time, that impulse to avoid new things even for simple reasons like I don’t know where to park at whatever place I’m thinking of going. It’s reall…
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"Get in the game" Power Gifts (part 2)Are you up for some more (as we referred to it last week) "weird stuff"?Do you believe that the prophecy of Joel and of Pentecost is being fulfilled in our day and generation?Do you believe that miracles can happen in 2024... not just theoretically, but that miracles could happen at NAC... even at any given mom…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and it’s that time of year when we think about resolutions. Many of them involve giving up something, or doing something we don’t really want to do—eating less, exercising more, being more organized, decluttering. But how about a resolution to treat yourself better, to add a little joy into…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk abo…
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Jesus is The Plan - Zechariah 9-14 (July 21) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and this month we’re talking about resolutions. If you’ve already abandoned the one you made at the beginning of the year, and you’re looking for a better, more achievable one, I’ve got an idea for you today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Power GiftsLately, have you heard people speak colloquially of someone's "superpower"? As in, "that's Jenny's superpower... staying calm in a crisis".It can even be used as a bit of a back-handed compliment;"That's just like Tony. His superpower is to turn the centre of attention back to him"What if I told you the Holy Spirit may, at times, give yo…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever think that maybe you should focus a little more on stepping outside your comfort zone and broadening your world? I think we all have the tendency to stop doing new things… because it’s easier. But then we’re surprised when we try doing something new, or going to a new place, or …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Today I’m going to share with you my most popular piece on Medium. If you don’t know what Medium is, it’s a place where writers can get their short pieces published, either by themselves, or in someone else’s publication. I started getting published on Medium in April, mostly on two publica…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. Do you ever feel like you’re missing out because you’re starting to resist doing new things? I know I have to resist that all the time, even for simple reasons like I don’t know where to park at whatever place I’m thinking of going. It’s really easy to fall into a rut and accidentally let y…
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"Get in the game" Part 2 of the "WORD" GiftsSomebody asked me (Jonathan) at our Alliance General Assembly this week what my favourite thing about being a pastor is. I thought for a second - and I realize the spiritual gifts series is kind of “on the brain” - but what I said is spiritual gifts have got to be in the top three. I love seeing people di…
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and this month we’re talking about resolutions. Resolutions can be very discouraging, because they are hard to stick to, and we all want to be the best version of ourselves. We also want to make everything perfect—our homes, our entertaining, ourselves. So today I want to share two stories …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and this month we’re talking about resolutions, and of course among the traditional ones are dieting and exercising. Now that it’s the middle of January you might have already become discouraged. So I thought I would share some tips from a few of our writers who found incremental, reasonabl…
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When the World is Not Right - Zechariah 6:9-8:14 (July 7) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today I’m going to talk about resolutions. It’s January, time to think about the ways in which we want to improve our habits, our behavior, and how we interact with the world. Everyone knows the old classics—stop smoking, eat less, exercise more, be neater... and we’re going to talk abo…
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"There are two great moments in a person's life:the moment you were born and the moment you realize why you were born."—Pastor Kirbyjon CaldwelFor the purposes of this series, you'll remember we've divided up the Spiritual Gifts into 3 categories. If the LOVE gifts (which we talked about last week) are more about the DOING, then the WORD gifts are …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul. So let me ask you this: Are you stuck in a rut? Do you never try anything new? How does it make you feel? I know I talk about it all the time, but our writers send us thousands of stories every year about how energized and empowered they feel when they start saying Yes instead of No to new …
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Hey, it’s Amy Newmark with your Chicken Soup for the Soul, and today we’re going to talk about getting older and having a great attitude about it. In our first story, Geneva Coleman tells us that she was 55 years old when she decided to reinvent herself. The first thing that went was her hair dye. She went silver—on purpose. And she discovered how …
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God of Second Chances - Zechariah 1:1-6:8 (June 30) Myles Holmes by Redemption Church NewmarketDi Redemption Church Newmarket
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