Make your New Year's resolutions stick: Five steps for lasting change.
Speaking of resolutions, “morning people” tend to make more money, be more productive, be healthier and live longer, be more happy and satisfied in their lives. Michael Hyatt explains how to become a "morning person."
As you make your resolutions, here's a blog post that makes one New Year's "prayerful reflection" for each of the top 5 regrets of the dying.
A good resolution is to get into daily Bible reading. I tend to use the daily Bible reading plan from biblegateway.com, but here are some other plans to check out.
Bowl week is a good time to consider that the SEC is second behind the most competitive football conference, the Big 12.
“Please forgive me.” “I forgive you.” “Thank you.” “I love you.” The only things you need to say before you die.
A cold and broken hallelujah: CNN interviews Alan Light on the enduring popularity of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." The report is both intriguing and sad--like the song.
"People now have around 11 jobs in a lifetime, with four of those representing complete career switches." So says the subject of this article, who has created a website to explore the best match of your interests to careers.
Heart-warming story of a small Texas town whose Baptist pastor has led 25 families in the working-class community to adopt 76 children in need.
"All of us have beliefs — many of them subconscious, dating back to childhood — about what it means to get older....When stereotypes are negative — when seniors are convinced becoming old means becoming useless, helpless or devalued — they are less likely to seek preventive medical care and die earlier, and more likely to suffer memory loss and poor physical functioning, a growing body of research shows. When stereotypes are positive — when older adults view age as a time of wisdom, self-realization and satisfaction — results point in the other direction, toward a higher level of functioning." (NYT)
"She struggles with forgiveness, but she goes to weekly counseling sessions. 'I don’t want to miss out on heaven because of that man,' she says." Best line from D magazine's article on Lois Pearson. This is like the script of a sick horror flick, but it really happened. Her work to forgive the violent pervert, and the loving outreach from her church, are as remarkable as the sickness of the crime.
Powerful article from Ron Fournier about his relationship to his autistic son. Especially for parents with kids--and especially dads and with sons--who have challenges fitting in.
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