My Focus for 2025 - Persist and Pursue
My Focus for 2025 - Persist and Pursue

As I have stated in this blog and on my podcast many times, I am not one to make New Year’s Resolutions. I try to spend my downtime between Christmas and New Year in prayer and meditation to gain an understanding of what God wants me to focus on in the coming year. I try to incorporate that focus or theme into my goals and plans for the foreseeable future…

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Mark WilsonJesus Christ, Holy Scripture, Great Commission, persist, pursue
Why are the Scandinavian people so Gosh Darn Happy?
Why are the Scandinavian people so Gosh Darn Happy?

In the recent 2024 World Happiness Report (yes, this is a real report by serious researchers at places like University of Oxford) the Scandinavian Countries, led by Finland dominated the top 10 of countries with the happiest people. My first thought was that the cold climate forced them to be inside and nice to each other, but that can’t be correct.

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Following JesusMark WilsonJesus Christ, Leonard Sweet, Jesus Human Book, World Happiness Report, ikigai, hygge