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Just One Good Thing: A Faith-Inspired Recipe for Optimism

Just One Good Thing book cover

By Nancy Pelander Johnson (Span'77)
(AMG Publishers, 361 pages; 2024)

What if you could change your thoughts? The negative ones 鈥攖hat make you question your faith, that keep you from enjoying the fullness of God鈥檚 peace, hope and joy, that deplete the spiritual pantry of all the good things God has in store for you. You work hard. You do your best to live by faith and care for those around you. But when you鈥檙e living in the 鈥渋n-between times鈥濃攚hen the natural order of life becomes stressful and wears you down鈥攊t can be a challenge to maintain an optimistic outlook each day. If you鈥檝e felt this way, you鈥檙e not alone. God鈥檚 people today鈥攁s in Jesus鈥 time鈥攇rapple with negative thoughts and circumstances, but faith-inspired answers help them overcome such thinking. You, too, can overcome negative thinking and turn your 鈥渘egatives鈥 into 鈥減ositives.鈥 Join author Nancy Johnson鈥檚 journey as she takes you through personal experience stories鈥攈ers and others (including scenarios of biblical characters)鈥攁nd how each found optimism through God鈥檚 goodness and Word. "Just One Good Thing: A Faith-Inspired Recipe for Optimism" will guide you through 28 devotional readings along with a three-step 鈥渞ecipe鈥 to defeat negativity and face each day with a renewed outlook and faith. Questions for study and self-reflection and a journal application are included. Be prepared to sit at God鈥檚 table of optimism, where you will feast on abundant servings of His peace, hope, and joy!