1. Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Essential Henri Nouwen, ed. Robert A. Jonas (Boston: Shambhala, 2009), 131–32.
2. Miller, Joel, “The Secret behind the Bible’s most highlighted verse.” Theology That Sticks, August 4, 2015.
3. Taylor Clark, “It’s Not the Job Market: The Three Real Reasons Why Americans Are More Anxious Than Ever Before,” Slate, January 31, 2011, http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2011/01/its_not_the_job_market.html.
4. C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1951), 136. Copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. 1942, 1943, 1944, 1952. Extract reprinted by permission.
5. “Texas investors build $300 Million Luxury Bunker Community for Doomsday Scenario,” Associated Press, November 11, 2016.
6. Christyn Taylor, CaringBridge.org, August 22, 2010, created at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/rebeccataylor1. Used by permission.
7. Kent and Amber Brantly with David Thomas, Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic (Colorado Springs, CO: WaterBrook, 2015), 115.
8. The same term is used in Genesis 13:4 (“he had . . . built an alter” [NIV]), Job 9:9 (“He made the Bear”), and Proverbs 8:26 (“he made the earth” [NIV]).
9. “The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On,” YouTube video, 3:01, posted by Temujin Doran, www.youtube.com/watch/v=FrHkKXFRbCI&sns=fb. See also Keep Calm and Carry On: Good Advice for Hard Times (Kansas City, MO: Andrew McMeel, 2009), introduction.
10. Kennon M. Sheldon, Todd B. Kashdan, and Michael F. Steger, eds., Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), 249–54. See also Amit Amin, “The 31 Benefits of Gratitude You Didn’t Know About: How Gratitude Can Change Your Life,” Happier Human, http://happierhuman.com/benefits-of-gratitude/.
11. Spiros Zodhiates, ed., Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: Key Insights into God’s Word, New International Version (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 1996), #3534, p. 2093.
12. Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God (Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1958), 9.