The Business Of Blessing

Peace in Difficult Decisions (Q&A)

One simple question to find the source of your stress, and one question to figure out how to get rid of it! Honestly, this new approach to identifying and irradicating our stress has been a life-changer and a life-saver. What do you think? What are you current "have to..." and why? What would it take to get out from under the weight of that "have to..."?

Is Depression a Demonic Oppression or not? Is depression always a natural healing process or can it sometimes be a demonic oppression which needs deliverance? Join me as I tackle this question, decades of church theology around mental health, and the emerging scientific research that could shape the new way we handle depression within the church. What do you think? Do you think Depression is a natural healing process leading to freedom, or a demonic oppression? What approach would you like someone to take if you were depressed; the "Resist and deny" advice or the therapeutic approach?

Drumroll please🥁 ... it’s the first: ⭐️ Q&A with SJ ⭐️ I am not the definitive word on anything, but as a creative business owner, I loved this question about how God and creativity connect and communicate through business? These are my thoughts as I’ve grown my own creative business (wedding photography: Sarah-Jane Ethan Photography ) and who I know God to be. I like to make the concept of creativity really normal, accessible and even non-arts based. I believe creativity is at the heart of us all and ultimately at the heart of all fulfilling work. Q: Does your current work fill you with vision and drive to create something of ease and beauty? Q: Is it time to get out of a soul-less job that doesnt inspire or allow you to be creative? Q: What is the creativity God has placed within you that makes you feel alive to express?

Do you avoid unpleasant emotions? Do you feel ashamed when you have strong emotions? Most people are in chronic, life-learnt patterns of avoidance, doing anything other than slowing down and letting their emotions come to the surface. Let me share my experience with learning to embrace my strong emotions as wise guides not a threat or weakness, ...and how to start to experience strong emotions without fear.

In this episode I'd love to share the book that changed my life, "Boundaries" by Cloud and Townsend, and why it was so revolutionary. I call it the freedom book, because it has given me full permission, in every practical and spiritual facet, to stop living and accepting stress from other people and craft a life that brings me peace. I literally never knew I could be THAT free, and it feel amazing. My life has become a very peaceful place and I will be eternally grateful for their message.

What happens when an intellectual has spiritual experiences that can't be explained? This is exactly what happened to Matt, at the point of almost walking away from his faith he started to have powerful encounters with God that has changed his life forever. Come and hear his story.

Denial of the present is simply a dislike of yourself and your current reality so strong you struggle to slow down and rest in the present moment. The present moment is just not a place you like too much, you’d rather ignore it or try and run from it, and from yourself. But the stress of fighting your own story is the very thing which will exhaust you and stop you connecting with the present of God.

Does God seem far away? Difficult to connect with? I discovered there is one key factor to accessing the presence of God that I'd never heard before, and it was the one thing I struggled to do: slow down and be present!

Fighting Depression is often the very thing making depression worse!! Learn how to engage with and understand depression without shame or fear. In this video I share the five things that helped me get through my depression and find new freedom and joy.

Depression is often viewed with much fear and shame, we may even pray for people to be healed from it. But what if depression isn’t a condition but a symptom? What is healing comes through understanding not rejecting? I believe depression is a much neglected but vitally important part of the human experience. Let me explain my story

When life falls apart, loss and grief abound and God seems absent... how to live in life and peace even when life is hard. Dealing with mental health issues, business failure, relationship issues. This is a real-life story of Christian business-owner and entrepreneur Sarah-Jane Ethan of facing trials, pain and loss of hope but discovering powerful encounters with God, healing and power.