Every year since 2001, the polling and data company Gallup, Inc. has conducted a November “Health and healthcare” survey. The poll asks Americans to assess their own mental and physical well-being by…
Here’s to a Mentally Fit 2021
January 21, 2021
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Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and distractions from his coming.
January 15, 2021
Do you remember how (many months ago now) we all talked about the hidden gift of “time” from the pandemic? Things closing down and slowing down, for better or worse, were forcing…
Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and the kiddos.
December 3, 2020
On January 9 1998, CBS aired the first episode of the short-lived TV show, Kids Say the Darndest Things. The show featured brief conversations between the host and children, which always included…
Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and our posture.
November 19, 2020
I have a tendency to slouch. I sometimes stand with my shoulders slumped and I routinely sit somewhat reclined, not quite upright in a chair. I am not sure when I developed…
Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and the table.
October 15, 2020
Recently, my parents moved in with us. Yep, you read that right. There have certainly been challenges of integrating two households—How could there not be?—but there have also been enormous benefits. One…
Prayer, patience, persistence, persuasion
October 8, 2020
A couple weeks ago we looked at Acts 17:16-34, when Paul was in Athens. He preached open-air style in the Areopagus, a rocky outcropping where all the latest TED talk speakers of…