Diana Anderson Tyler
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5 Reasons You Should Take a Hike
It isn’t often that we associate the words “Go take a hike” with warm wishes for good health, spiritual growth and all-encompassing contentment. On the contrary, being spitefully told to take a hike, get lost, fly a kite or partake in any other sort of outdoorsy activity alone makes us feel rather unwanted, which is generally the …
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How Gratitude Is the Key to a Healthier Life
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Simply saying the word fills the air with the comforting aroma of my mom’s homemade stuffing and floods my mind with images of orange-yellow leaves drifting down from treetops and forming crunchy piles underfoot. I can envision the gigantic Turkey Float making its way through Manhattan during the …
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Diana Anderson: Sickness, Oppression and Healing
“Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.” (3 John 2) We know that adhering to God’s nutrition plan and maintaining an active lifestyle are the keys to physical—and, in many ways, spiritual—health. But what about when …
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The Scary Skinny on Artificial Sweeteners
“My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste.” (Proverbs 24:13, KJV) The powdery white wave of artificial sugars has rolled onto American shores the past few years, helping crown “low-sugar” and “sugar-free” as successors to the low-carb craze that had dieters deserting the cereal aisle …
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Whether You Eat or Drink
Help and strengthen
us to glorify You in all that we do, Father. This
request, or something like it, is lifted up to the Lord by countless
Christians every day. But how many of us take time to consider the
sweeping implications of the unassuming, three-letter word, all?I am a 24-year-old personal trainer who grew up hearing the Word, praying with my parents and attending church since Day One. But despite my Christian upbringing, it took me19 years to learn that exalting Christ’s name and glorifying the Father isn’t simply restricted to “holy” or “religious” activities such as fasting or volunteering at a homeless shelter. Like Paul said to the carnal Corinthians, we are called to glorify God whether we eat or drink! (see 1 Cor.10:31).
Today, by God’s grace and unending faithfulness, I am healthy, strong and free from oppression and pride-saturated sin. A devastating breakup with my first love at age 17 turned my world upside down. Instead of turning to God for consolation and guidance, I sought to obtain a sense of control through my “healthy” habits.
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