36. Managing Our Distractions

There is a huge difference between distractions re-ordering our plans for a day versus allowing our distractions to order our days When it comes to distractions, I don’t believe it’s a matter of if we’re distracted. Rather, I believe it’s an issue of how much we are...

35. Preserving Memories

I believe it’s safe to say most of us wish we were better at preserving our memories!  How many of us recall the highlights of our lives – vacations, sporting events, and special occasions? Yet wish we had more photos and videos to help lend more vivid detail to our...

34. Help for Experiencing God

Click below for a helpful resource on Making The Most Of Your Time With God Click to Download Personal devotion, through spending time alone with God, may be considered one of the most important topics Q4 Impact will address. The practice of personal devotion may also...

33. Is Faith Meant To Be Private?

Yes, faith is a very private thing, as it is the result of our personal life journey. It is a reaction to the evidence of a Creator seen in the beauty of creation. Such evidence couples with our individual, intimate thoughts and desires in response to God’s unique...

32. Is Eternity Only About Heaven?

Nobody lives forever! It’s a common phrase, but we at Q4 couldn’t disagree more! All of Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, state plainly and often that we are eternal beings. In addition, it states that our lives on earth “are like a vapor that appears for a...

31. Disappointment Free Living

At the conclusion of the Q4 Impact podcast that corresponds to Blog 30, “How To Manage Expectations”, it was determined that a Part 2 to the podcast was needed. That podcast references the same material from Blog 30, reposted below for your convenience. We...

30. How To Manage Expectations

So, what did you expect? Great question, and one I don’t believe is asked enough. I fear it’s properly answered even less! I imagine we “feel” the question – or at least we feel the sting of unmet expectations. Yet a common response is to squash our...

29. Managing Our Possessions

We are what we possess! Well, that depends on what you mean. If you think of your possessions in terms of character, values, beliefs – inner-being kinds of things, I could agree. But if your meaning of possessions relates primarily to physical, tangible things,...

28. Inspiration For Organization

Click below for help with your organizational projects! Click to Download Being and staying organized can become a greater challenge in our later stages of life. Certainly, if you weren’t prone to being organized when you were younger, it will be challenging to...

27. Thriving As You Age

I’ve been around sports all my life. From childhood, I spent many hours in the school yards of New York playing basketball, baseball, and football. When we tired of those, we filled our days with many variances such as stoop ball, association, running bases, and...

26. Are You Serving Yourself Or Others?

Recently, I volunteered at a Joni and Friends family retreat (click here for more information). At these retreats, families of children with a disability come to spend five days at a camp facility. Volunteers, assigned to individual children, provide respite care...