By Pastor Ruttan

The Pulse Podcast is about living abundantly wholeheartedly. Sometimes I discuss a featured topic, sometimes share an interview, and sometimes lead a biblical study.

This latest episode is a talk with the Rev. Christine O’Reilly about keeping your composure under strain. No one can earn a degree in composure-keeping, of course; but Christine is a friend and colleague who is able to stay focused and loving even through the strains and stresses of life.

Christine is a pastor, wife, mother, grandmother, hockey player and musician. She has a deep love for Jesus, and lives out her faith on a daily basis with sincerity, humility, wisdom and confidence.

Here are some of the topics we touch on:

• The fraying nature of our current time
• Composure as “gracious, faithful focus under pressure”
• Maintaining perspective when you’re not in control
• The age of distraction and derailment
• How composure helps you be a blessing to others
• The connection between composure and self-control
• “What goes into us shapes what comes out of us”
• Practices that grow our capacity to maintain composure
• Holy detachment
• Redeeming our souls from the onslaught of the world
• Learning from examples of godly composure in our lives

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