Notes

Chapter 1  Making God Your Focal Point

1. Teresa Bernard, “Principles of Good Design: Movement,” Teresa Bernard Oil Paintings, November 6, 2012, http://teresabernardart.com/principles-of-good-design-movement/.

2. Millard J. Erickson, Christian Theology, 3rd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013), 358–59.

3. Erickson, Christian Theology, 359.

Chapter 2  Staying Steadfast When Dreams Die

1. Ross Kraemer, “Jewish Women in Graeco-Roman Palestine: An Inquiry into Image and Status,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 118, no. 4, quoted in S. R. Papazov, “The Place of Women in the Graeco-Roman World,” Enrichment Journal, accessed February 16, 2017, http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/201004/201004_000_christian_women.cfm.

2. Elisabeth M. Tetlow, “The Status of Women in Greek, Roman and Jewish Society,” Women and Ministry in the New Testament (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1980), Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, accessed August 12, 2017, http://www.womenpriests.org/articles-books/the-status-of-women-in-greek-roman-and-jewish-society-by-elisabeth-m-tetlow-from-women-and-ministry-in-the-new-testament/

Chapter 3  Living Out Your Pop of Color for God

1. Donna Tersiisky, “The ABCs of Visual Design: Emphasis,” accessed June 23, 2018, http://www.tersiiska.com/design/principles/.

2. Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester & Grand Rapids: InterVarsity Press & Zondervan, 1999), 746.

Chapter 4  Knowing When to Say Yes or No

1. Ellen Cheever, Design Principles (Hackettstown, NJ: National Kitchen & Bath Association, 2006), 74–75.

2. Rosemary Kilmer and W. Otie Kilmer, Designing Interiors, 2nd ed. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2014), 165.

Chapter 5  Sticking to the Instructions God Gives You

1. Rafiq Elmansy, “Design Principles: Repetition, Pattern, and Rhythm,” Designorate, June 30, 2016, http://www.designorate.com/design-principles-repetition-pattern-and-rhythm/.

2. Erickson, Christian Theology, 122.

3. Additional passages pertaining to the pattern of forever that you may wish to study or memorize include Ps. 103:17; 145:13; Isa. 26:4; 40:28; and Rev. 11:15.

4. Additional passages pertaining to the pattern of forgiveness that you may wish to study or memorize include Isa. 1:18; Matt. 6:14–15; and Col. 3:13.

5. Additional passages pertaining to the pattern of fun that you may wish to study or memorize include Zeph. 3:17; Hab. 3:18; and Heb. 12:2.

Chapter 6  Replacing Negative Patterns in Your Life

1. I realize this is not the correct spelling of the word hot. But if you follow me on social media, you know I use it to describe Chad because he is so handsome that he deserves his own special spelling of “hawt.” So no, this is not a typo that my amazing editor missed. Be comforted.

2. Cheever, Design Principles, 50.

Chapter 7  Seeing God More Clearly

1. Teresa Bernard, “Principles of Good Design: Contrast,” Teresa Bernard Oil Paintings, February 10, 2013, http://teresabernardart.com/principles-of-good-design-contrast/.

2. Grudem, Systematic Theology, 198.

3. Grudem, Systematic Theology, 205–6.

Chapter 9  Experiencing Perfect Stability with God

1. Christopher Klein, “The Twin Towers High-Wire Walk, 40 Years Ago,” History.com, August 7, 2014, https://www.history.com/news/the-twin-towers-high-wire-walk-40-years-ago.

2. Cheever, Design Principles, 76.

3. To help you grow in your understanding of the spiritual disciplines, Anna LeBaron, the contributor for this chapter, suggests reading The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard and Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster. I would also suggest Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney.

Chaper 11  Filling Yourself with God as You Grieve

1. Teresa Bernard, “Principles of Good Design: Space,” Teresa Bernard Oil Paintings, October 15, 2012, http://teresabernardart.com/principles-of-good-design-space/.

Chapter 12  Dying Well

1. Marie Grainger, “Learning the Basics—Interior Design,” accessed February 23, 2019, http://aceinteriordesign.weebly.com/line.html.

2. Grainger, “Learning the Basics.”

3. Grainger, “Learning the Basics.”