STAYING HAPPY IN AN UNHAPPY WORLD

                        ALL DAY SEMINAR

                                                WITH

                  MARIE CHAPIAN

                         Worship by Damon Stuart

                                   

                    April 13   9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Registration entitles you to a Body Works “Know Your Body” Spirit-Soul-Body Workshop with Marie on Monday, April 15^th

This first incredible all-day experience with Marie Chapian and Damon Stuart will change your life. Marie’s revelatory teaching and ministry brings new understanding and into the body, soul and spirit of the believer.   Damon Stuart’s music brings healing and beauty to thrill your heart. Marie Chapian is known as a pioneer in the arena of the Holy Spirit’s revelatory ministry, and you will want to take this advantage of this opportunity to experience an entire day engulfed in anointing teaching and ministry. Marie has thirty years of Bible College and seminary training and teaching, and holds a doctorate in psychology, Master’s degree in writing an AA in studio art and a lifetime of professional dance and fitness training with her specialty in neuro-linguistic body-brain research. Her books appear on the New York Times Best Seller List, and she speaks to audiences around the world in both intimate and large conference settings.

 Damon Stuart has ministered throughout the U.S. and internationally with his anointed music. As a worship leader, his desire is to bring people into the deeper realms of God's glory through worship. As Damon leads worship and ministers, an atmosphere for healing, prophetic anointing and the manifested presence of God takes place.

Don’t miss this powerful and anointed day with the Lord Jesus on April 13    or the Body-Works “Know Your Body” Spirit-Soul-Body Workshop April 15th

STAYING HAPPY IN AN UNHAPPY WORLD SEMINAR

Saturday April 13   9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Grace Lutheran Church

950 South York Road

Bensenville, IL 60106

Registration fee includes all materials and

            a fabulous pot luck luncheon

                                   "BODY-WORKS KNOW YOUR BODY" Spirit-Soul-Body Workshop

Monday, April 15^th 9 AM -1 PM

O'Hare Comfort Inn, 2175 Touhy Ave, Des Plaines, IL 60018

This one-of-a-kind fitness, weight loss, healing and understanding your body workshop is  free with STAYING HAPPY IN AN UNHAPPY WORLD seminar registration. ($20.00 Body-Works alone)

REGISTER EARLY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE.

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           STAYING HAPPY IN AN UNHAPPY WORLD        

        April 13, 2013 ALL DAY SEMINAR 9:30 am – 3:30 pm

              $35.00 for both days.  $20.00 Body-Works Workshop only

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Judy Bozman, Seminar Coordinator

2038 David Drive

Des Plaines, IL 60018     email: judybozman@sbcglobal.net

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Those attending the Staying Happy in an Unhappy World seminar are entitled to attend: Marie’s  Body-Works  “Know Your Body” Workshop FREE

Monday, April 15^th  9:00 AM- 1:00 PM

at the Comfort Inn O’Hare, 2175 E Touhy Av,  Des Plaines, IL 60018

Dress for comfortable movement and bring your Bible, pen and paper, a workout mat or blanket & wear sneakers or stockings or be barefoot. Your body is going to be blessed.

For more information, email: judybozman@sbcglobal.net

                       

                                              LET THE MIRACLES BEGIN! 

Don’t miss these powerful and anointed days with the Lord Jesus.

Our Bodies Store Emotions

Here’s something interesting to think about. I’ve taught about the body-soul-spirit connection for some time, and today I had an experience that brought the importance of this need for awareness to me once again. Let me start by asking you to imagine you accidently hit your head on the door frame of your car and you experience a stabbing, searing pain. What you do about it is as important as the blow itself  because if you snarl, frown, cry, curse or get mad your body stores not only the blow on the head but your reaction.  Naturally, your soul is affected too, (your intellect, emotions, will) but at the time of sudden pain all your reasoning power shuts down.  When you feel sudden physical pain your response is strictly emotional. (Just note what your fists and toes do at the dentist when the Novocain needle hits your sensitive gum.)

Our bodies store not only the memory of the prick of the Novocain needle or the blow on the head, but they store our accompanying emotions. The body remembers and the soul remembers.

The body stores trauma, both physical and emotional. 

You probably guessed that I’m the one who hit my head on the door frame of my car today. I sat in the front seat doubled over waiting for the pain to subside with thoughts twirling. “Why did this happen?” “Why wasn’t I more careful?” “Will I have a lump?” “Oh Jesus, take the pain away.” And because of my teeth-gritting emotional state I didn’t think to say a sweet, comforting blessing to my head.  

Later I reminded myself that my body requires resolution just as my mind does. I put my hands on my head and said a blessing over it in the name of Jesus.

What I want stored in my body is not the trauma of life with its accidents, trials, abuse, sorrows and blows, but the blessing of God.  I’m going to talk more about the total person in this new weekly blog. Next time let’s look more at how our emotions  get stored not only in our inner emotional bank, but our bodies.

Meanwhile, I hope you’ll read my two new books published in 2012, THE OTHER SIDE OF SUFFERING (John Ramsey’s incredible story) and THE EMANCIPATION OF ROBERT SADLER (you’ll never forget this story—how I loved this man.)

And I love you too –

Marie

Do you love the rain?

"Work but don't forget to live," someone said. Well, isn't that the silliest statement --  Jesus came to give us life and more abundantly. I love that. In work and in play we have life abundant. I work therefore I live, haha.
I'm working on a new book series -- fiction.  I haven't concentrated on fiction since my novel, "I Love You Like a Tomato" was published.   Nothing like writing to the sound of rain on the roof, rain dripping down windows -- I'm writing to the sound of rain. Do you love the rain? I don't mean the torrential sort, the damaging storms, I mean the rain like what's outside my window now, steady, cool, silvery --  You can almost hear the call of Heathcliff across the moor --or the merry songs of Brigadoon-- Rain and poetry seem to go together.
Thoreau liked the rain because it beat down the mosquitos. -Not too poetic.
Charlie Chaplin said he liked the rain because it hid his tears. Crying in the rain actually isn't such a bad thing. It washes our face at the same time. Much poetry is born in tears.  Why not be creative with our tears?
Rain makes me happy. Makes me grateful to be alive.
If you go on a happy family vacation and it rains all week at the beach,  what you remember in time is not the rain but the rainbow.
Thought for the day: Without rain there's be no rainbow.

Love & hugs & John 10:10

AFTER THE PARTY

The artist's reception for my exhibition of paintings was a wonderful experience. I felt so
-- well, so-- maybe "loved" is the word. I was amazed at the number of people who showed up and so encouraged by it all. (A couple of paintings actually sold!)
We rented a truck and brought in my big panel screens for the reception and thenbrought them back the next day because they could get damaged during the month since the show is in a country club with lots of activity.  The large oil painting here of horses charging is about life charging at us -- it's surreal in a way, yet not. I wanted to paint my purple horse which I wrote about in my book, "Angels in Our Lives," and this is how it turned out.
It's an amaing world we live in with all its colors and movement, brightness, and surprises-- I'm grateful every day. Like falling in love for the first time over and over again.

A Solo Exhibition

Getting ready for my solo art exhibition's reception this coming Saturday. I wish I didn't always wait
to the last minute to do things because I'm just now getting invitations out, canyoubelieveit. (I wish my
mom were here. She'd show up for sure. haha) Anyhow, it's an exhibition of about ten or 12 paintings with some of my panels and screens and the reception will be lovely. You're invited, of course.  Here are the details:  When:  Saturday, July 14
             Time:   4:00 - 6:00 PM
              Where:  El Camino Country Club
                           3202 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA  92056

I'm a writer and so painting for me is a deep passion that extends into a place of wordlessness, which I find intoxicating and wondrous. I've never actively tried to sell my art but I've shown paintings in galleries and  restaurants and even on TV, and of course, I've illustrated many books --  but I make my living as a writer
and so painting has been somewhat of a private love affair.  Something I turn to on a daily basis that expresses another side of the writer person. I think back on the happy days in art school when we'd have shows in abandoned houses and barns and do poetry readings on bookstore patios -- 

All Things New

I'm reading a story about a man who was in a terrible car accident and as he crawled out of the wreckage he was suddenly filled with unexpected joy and gratitude at being alive, and the feeling changed him forever.  He emptied himself of his selfish negative habits that had made his life lack-luster and dull, and  miserable. He dumped toxic relationships that supported his misery-- and he entered into a relationship with God  with so much enthusiasm that things around him changed.  Everything in his life changed! I think of Jesus' words, "I make all things new" (Revelation 21:5). 

This man's story touches me. I don't know about you, but All Things New is the attitude with which I want to live, too. It's how I want to live tomorrow, next week, next year, the works.  New and beautiful. Pulsing with life and energy, with enthusiasm and wonder. An interviewer once ended a long book interview with me with, "So Marie, what would you say is your secret to a truly happy life?"  I could have given several responses about faith, about trusting God, about willingness to suffer (a whole other subject) -- but I blurted out, "I live in a constant state of wonder."
He went silent.
 "I've  learned," I said as honestly as possible, " to embrace the art of amazement in a world filled with the wonder of God in all things,"

And it's true. I hope we don't need a tragedy to jerk us awake to the joy of life when everything around us can fill us with wonder. (This morning I had a little party with my washing machine, dancing to its galumping sounds--)  I love 2Corinthians 5:17. Here it is in the Living Translation: "When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same any more. A new life has begun!"

So that's you and me, every day, every day. All Things New in everything around us because we see with new eyes, hear with new ears, think with new minds, and love with new hearts. And we KEEP them new.
Check out my website for "A Word for This Season."  http://www.mariechapian.com/
Love and amazed, Marie

Come and dine the Master's calling ...

Greetings from Chicagoland! It's been an amazing five days so far and I'm praising God for the joyous move of the Holy Spirit and the wonder of His presence in our meetings. Tomorrow I'll be on WMBI from 10:30-11:00 on "This Is The Day." And I have three more meetings & our Part Two All Day Seminar on Tuesday. Its just flat-out fabulous to be here ministering every day. God is calling His children much, much closer to Himself -- I'm seeing miracles.