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I recommend you take the time to read this important book. Stress can ruin your life, but Jesus offers a better way The Biblical solutions and personal truths in this book can set your heart, mind and soul free. This book is a timely remedy for a culture consumed with pressure, over-scheduling, impossible deadlines and sleepless nights full of anxiety. Read and be restored to the life God intended.
—Gary Wilkerson, President of World Challenge and Pastor of The Springs Church
Dr. Ken Williams is an expert in dealing with issues related to stress and its impact on our lives. He draws from a deep well as he writes having spent years as a Wycliffe missionary himself, and then as a counselor to missionaries. He combines his life experience, professional training, and academic credentials to co-author a book full of solid advice. He and daughter, Gaylyn, have teamed up to provide an excellent resource for believers who want to de-stress their lives through the application of God’s Word mixed with healthy counseling principles.
—Bob Creson, President and CEO, Wycliffe Bible Translators USA
All Stressed up and Everywhere to Go is a refreshingly simple book filled with usable, practical advice in dealing with the stressors of life. It is rich in biblical content and will lead the reader to a place of hope and balance. This is a tool that I will personally use! I have used many of these principles over the years and found them to be profitable when applied on a consistent basis.
—George Stahnke, Director of Renewal Ministries of Colorado Springs
I have known Ken and Gaylyn for more than two decades. Serving as a pastor for nearly thirty years, I am always on the lookout for those resources that are solidly rooted in Scripture and intensely practical for myself and for those to whom I minister. I was first exposed to the stress management principles presented in this book more than fifteen years ago. The bottom line: They work! Because the principles flow out of God’s Word, they are timeless and relevant in any context. And thanks to the authors’ special knack for clear communication, the principles are easy to grasp and easy to hand off to others who are in the “stress crucible.”
—Tim Westcott, Pastor of Idyllwild Bible Church
This father/daughter writing team have produced something profoundly useful for the Christian community. It will bless and help anyone who studies it. Ken is a legend in Wycliffe Bible Translators. My husband and I have known him for 40 years. He lives the principles expressed in this book. So does Gaylyn. The diversity of their experience strengthens the book and enhances its usefulness. Authentic, soundly practical, occasionally funny, often heart-wrenching—you’ll love it!
—Laura Mae Gardner, D.Min., International Training Consultant for Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International
I was so captured by this material that our Church was fortunate enough to host a week long workshop in which 27 of our lay caregivers and 4 vocational staff members participated and received training in this material. We all found it extremely helpful in equipping us in our ministry to others and it has been passed along to many others. More than 11 years later I still find the material beneficial in my personal ministry and as I equip others to minister. The material is as relevant and helpful today as it was then. Most importantly it equips one to develop strategies and skills for managing stress in a life giving manner.
—Wayne Cone, Pastor of Pastoral Care, Cypress Bible Church
This is a well-written and well-organized workbook for dealing with stress, maintaining balance, and growing as a person. We commend it for how helpfully and creatively it is woven together. Readers will appreciate the personal anecdotes and practical content, the wealth of useful guidelines and Scriptural principles, the group interaction and application items in each chapter, the emphasis on making healthy choices and changes in one’s life right now, and the opportunities for developing further skills to help oneself, children, and others deal with life’s demands. This book is like cool water to thirsty souls! May it travel far and wide. Our heartfelt thanks to you, Gaylyn and Ken!
—Dr. Kelly O’Donnell and Dr. Michèle Lewis O’Donnell, Consulting Psychologists, Member Care Associates, Inc.
Gaylyn and Ken remind us that life without stress is no life at all. This book is the best material I have found on handling stress. The principles are solidly Biblical. They are born out of real life experience facing stress. This is a book that I will encourage all of our missionaries (in TEAM) to get and work through. I am grateful for this new resource that they can use. Thank you again for this book and the potential it has to help missionaries and many others with their stress.
—Steven G. Edlin MA LCPC MFT, Counseling Director, TEAM
When Dr. Ken Williams shared this material, a light came on. For the first time many of our workers had some effective tools to help them deal with the very considerable stresses that cross-cultural service inevitably involves. I am thrilled that Ken and Gaylyn have teamed up to make this material available in book form. I commend the book to all who are involved in Christian service, however, every believer would benefit from this material.
—Frank Hoskin, Director, Wycliffe Bible Translators Australia
Readers will benefit greatly from these stories, experiences and biblical principles. Not only buy this book, but study it and apply it to your life.
—Joe Sabah, author of How to Get on Radio Talk Shows All across America
This excellent workbook puts shoe leather under John 10:10: “I have come that my sheep may have life, and have it to the full.” Using their examples, stories, and action steps, living is enhanced and enjoyed to the full. Thank you both.
—Bob Adelmann, writer for The New American magazine and The Constitutionalist Today newspaper
All Stressed Up and Everywhere To Go is an incredible book especially for today’s world. With unemployment up, foreclosures at an all-time high, and bad news everywhere you look, it is no wonder America is stressed. Gaylyn and Ken offer this easy-to-use practical study guide to help you deal with today’s problems. They teach you practical techniques that anyone can use to learn how to manage stress and to enjoy life again.
—Dwan Bent-Twyford, author of How to Sell a House When it is Worth Less Than You Owe
“This is the most biblical, practical, and applicable workshop I’ve EVER attended…”
—George Warren, Evangelical Free Church Mission
“This is the only seminar/workshop I have ever come home from feeling like I could do what they taught because I had done it.” —Beverly, Texas
“A simple increase in knowledge about relationships isn’t enough to change behavior. Practice is the key and practice is at the core of this workshop. This material applies to every area of my life.”
—John, a Human Resources Director, Florida
“Every time I have the opportunity to study this material with you, I=m blown away. I truly come home refreshed and inspired. The material is so much more believable, because I can see how you are applying it in your lives.”
—Lee Ann, Texas
“I’m going to be different, not overnight but over the long haul. Here was a workshop that was not hype, emotions and fluff, but nuts and bolts, hammer and trowel foundational stuff! It needs to be a slow-drip learning for lifelong change.”
—John, a youth pastor, Texas
“I came here thinking this was just going to help me “on the job” but throughout the week it became more and more obvious that all of this applies to how I interact as a wife and mom! If you don’t practice this at home, don’t try to export it outside your home to your business! It was like attending a marriage building seminar without my spouse!
—Nancy, Missionary in Kenya
“This was the best course we have ever had at our university. It is a lot of fun and the students are really participating.”
—Professor, Amman, Jordan
“This was the best workshop I’ve ever attended. It transformed parts of my own personal life. It was extremely helpful for my work. The written material is marvelous.”
—A leader in Kenya
“There were many strained relationships and lack of trust among the staff, but as the topics were dealt with, a beautiful thing happened–people went to each other seeking to work through their differences and build relationship not just among the staff, but also in marriages and families.” —Peter, a Missionary in Guam
The workshop surpassed all our expectations in the deep learning, vulnerability, and obvious change that took place before our very eyes on a daily basis. Participants and non-participants are talking about the visible positive results in meetings and personal interactions that they observed to be directly attributed to the workshop.
— Ed, Ecuador
