Audra Jennings

Part 2 of an interview with Micah Maddox, Author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World Click here to read part 1 of the interview. Problems can make you feel like God is far away, but they can also be the very things that bring you closer to him. Anchored In  (Abingdon Press) by Micah Maddox isn’t a book of Christian cliché’s or sweet stories to warm the heart but rather an authentic look at the hard parts of life.  It challenges us to stop running from and clinging to the past, and to grasp tightly to the only unshakable Anchor that is able to sustain our souls through the storms of life. Maddox shares personal stories, such as her father’s abandonment of her family, and couples them with biblical application to offer real-life glimpses of God at work. She offers inspiration to live a life full of God’s power rather than one that causes us to turn away and be paralyzed by problems. Q: What experience from your past ...

Part 1 of an interview with Micah Maddox, Author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World The world is rife with global and personal crises. News outlets report one troubling development after another. Within the home, studies reveal half of Americans feel financially insecure , more than half are unhappy in their jobs and divorce rates escalate with each subsequent marriage . When problems abound, it can feel as if God is far away. However, as Micah Maddox explains in Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World (Abingdon Press), these same trials can bring us closer to God if we change our way of thinking and focus on Him. There are a lot of people in the world who seek power in the human form, but Anchored In is about spiritual power and learning to live in tune to God’s voice, direction and desire for our lives. Maddox hopes readers will realize God’s power is available and accessible to each of them. She does not...

  Micah Maddox helps readers experience a power-full life in a problem-filled world The world is rife with global and personal crises. News outlets report one troubling development after another. Within the home, studies reveal half of Americans feel financially insecure , more than half are unhappy in their jobs and divorce rates escalate with each subsequent marriage . When problems abound, it can feel as if God is far away. However, as Micah Maddox explains in Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World (Abingdon Press/September 5, 2017), these same trials can bring us closer to God if we change our way of thinking and focus on Him. “Every day, we all anchor our lives in something. Sometimes we anchor our lives in our work, mothering, goals, desires and sometimes even our problems. I’ve learned I often allow my problems to take the center stage of my thinking and my life,” Maddox confesses. “Anytime we allow anything other than God to take...