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SELECTED READS, LISTENS, LEARNINGS, AND REVIEWS for March 5, 2021

I love to share good reads, learnings, listens, and reviews with friends and followers. So, thanks for joining me on my 4forFRIDAY BLOG. Each week, the 4forFRIDAYoffers recommended Reads, Listens, Learnings, and Reviews, for your enjoyment. Thanks Again!

A Really Good and Brief Read: Five More Minutes

One of my go-to authors, Terry Hershey, offers a fresh and insightful mindset to our daily grind and need to find peace, perspective, and patience in the journey.

A Really Good Movie on Netflix: Operation Finale

In 1960, the search for the Designer of the Master Plan” that would murder millions of innocent Jewish people, Adolf Eichman kicks into full speed. This is a really good film.

A Great Snack from Amazon or Costco: Sonoma Creamery Cheese Crisps – Pepper Jack Savory Cheese Cracker

If you like a little kick to your snacks, this is for you. Sonoma Creamery Pepper Jack Cheese Crisps are lightly baked Crunchy Real Cheese™ Snacks. Based on their famous Sonoma Hot Pepper Jack recipe, they bake in 10-month Aged Parmesan and a sprinkling of certified Gluten-Free organic ancient grains for a crunchy, craveable bite.

A Must-Read for Zoom Effectiveness: Why Leading a Remote Team Requires Radical Candor

In our now normal Zoom world, it’s important to equip yourself with the best tools to maximize your zoom experience. Whether you run a company, lead a team, or just by yourself navigating the challenges of working with others at a moment of uncertainty and social distance, it’s obvious why it’s important to care personally about your colleagues now more than ever.

A Quote from Rabbi Abraham Heschel

“I would say an individual dies when he (she) ceases to be surprised. What keeps me alive–spiritually, emotionally, intellectually–is my ability to be surprised. I say, I take nothing for granted. I am surprised every morning that I see the sun shine again.”

The Weekday Podcast is a 5 minutes/day, 5 days/week Cup of Encouragement, straight from the Scriptures.
New episodes are available Monday – Friday on the
Sugar Hill Church APP or at WeekdayPodcast.com

Go in Peace, Chuck

Faith and Psychology

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I’ve been a part of many exciting ventures over the years, but nothing quite like ClearPath Counseling and the Positive Talk Podcast.
Each Thursday, my good friend Julie Homrich joins me for a conversation that merges faith and psychology in a simple, practical, approachable fashion. Here is a link to our website where you can listen to all of season one and start with us as we launch season two this week.

LATEST EPISODE STRESS IN MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIPS

Thanks for listening in to the Positive Talk Podcast, Chuck

4forFRIDAY with Chuck Allen

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FOUR INSTAGRAM FOLLOWS FOR EVERYONE

  1. @thebabylonbee
  2. @dwelldifferently
  3. @appsoulspace
  4. @dailystoic

THREE Lessons I’ve Learned this Week

  1. Stress is inevitable. Not only is it impossible to live a completely stress-free life, but research shows us that stress is actually a precursor to meaning. Think about the last time you encountered something meaningful in your life…chances are, there was some kind of stressful moment or season that preceded it. So some measure of stress isn’t always bad. From Julie Homrich, LPC
  2. Research shows it can take up to 20 minutes for the stress hormones released from triggers to metabolize and settle in your body. Up until that point, trying to have a peaceful conversation when you’re feeling anything but peaceful internally is quite counterproductive.
  3. If the only affirmation for doing what is right is the Spirit of God, would you do it anyway?

TWO Podcasts that ARE SO, SO GOOD!

  1. Dare to Lead with Brene Brown – Armoured versus Darling Leadership Parts One and Two
  2. Stress and Conflict in Our Marriage and Relationships from The Positive Talk Podcast

ONE BOOK WE SHOULD ALL READ.

  1. Jesus’ Plan for a New World by Richard Rohr
    I absolutely devoured this book. What a refreshing look at the world. please read this book

Go in Peace, Chuck

4forFRIDAY January 14, 2022

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FOUR THOUGHTS I’M WORKING THROUGH

  1. If you want to lose weight, make the choices that a healthy person makes.
  2. If you want to write a book, make choices that an authentic writer would make.
  3. Every choice you make is determining the person you’re willing to become.
  4. If you aren’t willing to read,you might just be lazy.

THREE Lessons I’ve Learned this Week from James Clear

  1. Learn to Live in Consistency Rather-than Intensity
  2. You Never Rise to YourGoals, You Fall to Your Systems.
  3. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or an expert as long as you’re on the path. If a beginner is on the path, all they need is time. If an expert is off the path, they won’t be an expert for long.

TWO Books that Significantly Impacted My Life

  1. The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Vilodas
  2. Irresistible Faith by Scott Sauls

ONE PODCAST WE SHOULD ALL LISTEN TO.

  1. Dare to Lead with Brene Brown. This is a treasure trove of learning and encouragement. Be sure to listen to every episode. Every episode is awesome. Enjoy.

Go in Peace, Chuck

4forFRIDAY New Year Edition

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FOUR THOUGHTS/QUOTES FOR THE NEW YEAR

  1. Mark Twain noted, “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and see.”
  2. “The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds…but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.” —Henri Nouwen
  3. “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms, to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor Frankl
  4. “A learned desire to serve, to learn, and to be grateful will radically improve your daily life.” —Chuck Allen

THREE BOOKS WE SHOULD ALL READ IN 2022

  1. A Tale ofThree Kings by Gene Edwards
  2. A Gentle Answer; Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an Age of Us Against Them by Scott Sauls
  3. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer

TWO PODCASTS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO IN ‘22

  1. SoulSpace: Anchoring Your Life in the Truth of God’s Word.
  2. The Positive Talk Podcast: IntegratingFaith & Psychology

ONE HABIT WE SHOULD ALL ADD TO OUR DAY

  1. Start every single day by answering this question: What amI grateful for today? I realize the I sound like a broken record, but seriously? How long does it take to jot down two things you are grateful for every morning? This one tiny habit will change your life! I promise you!

May the Lord Make All Your Crooked Paths Straight, Chuck

4forFRIDAY Christmas Edition

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FOUR QUOTES ON CHRISTMAS:

  1. “Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.”
    –GK Chesterton
  2. “Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you’ve got a Christmas tree in the living room.”
    – Nora Roberts
  3. “Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”
    — Alexander Smith
  4. “God goes to those who have time to hear him—and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds.”
    —Max Lucado


THREE GREAT CHRISTMAS ALBUMS:

  1. A Drummer Boy Christmas by For King and Country
  2. The Chosen Christmas Soundtrack
  3. A Bonner Family Christmas


TWO AWESOME CHRISTMAS SPECIALS

  1. A Silent Night at the Museum of the Bible
  2. Christmas with The Chosen – A Global Event


ONE BOOK WE ALL SHOULD READ

  1. Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
    This will be the third year that I have read this book between Christmas and New Year. Michael Hyatt is a wonderful leader with a great thought on achiving more by doing less. Grab a copy and join me for the January 2nd Workshop Worship – YOUR VERY BEST YEAR – at Sugar Hill Church – 11:00. Streaming live on You Tube, Facebook and Vimeo @SugarHillChurch

MAY PEACE BE AROUND YOU AND WITHIN YOU THIS CHRISTMAS, Chuck

4forFRIDAY with Chuck Allen

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December 10, 2021, by AChuckAllen

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FOUR Quotes for This Week:

  1. Our goal is to keep the big things big and the small things small. It’s not that who Twitter’s CEO is isn’t important, it’s just not God-of-the-Universe important. Stay focused on eternity; it changes everything.You will never regret spending more time with your spouse and children – ever.” –Jim Denison
  2. “What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.”– Phil CousineauIf
  3. “It’s about waking up in the morning and saying that I’m worthy of love, belonging, and joy. It’s about engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.” — Brené Brown
  4. “When failure is reversible, act quickly. When failure is irreversible, think carefully.” —James Clear

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THREE Really Good Reads:

  1. Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact, by Liz Wiseman
  2. The Power of Potential: A Straightforward Method for Mastering Skills from Personal to Professional by David Wray
  3. The Power of Your Brain: Harnessing the Potential of a Renewed Mind by Stan Toler

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TWO Great Apps I Use Every Single Day

  1. Tecarta Bible APP
  2. Noteability

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One Thing that I’d Start Right Now.

  1. Prepare for the new year, now. I have already started prepping for the new year by creating a list of four habits that will improve my health, my writing, my walk with God, and my time/energy management. Once you’ve created a list of not more than five new habits that could radically improve your life, set up a 3 month habit tracker. Whatever your frequency (for me that’s five-days-per-week) then determine what is a small, managable, achievable repetition. Start small (as in 1 push-up/day) and build each week by an equally small progressions, and watch how you can create a new and better you through repetition of habit. Dream big, and start small.

Peace, Chuck