The Need for a Plimsoll Line on Our Calendars

One of the more memorable—and unique—illustrations about rest, involves a 19th century British politician named Samuel Plimsoll. The advent ...

Canine Cancer Prognosis Traced to Teddy Bear Romp

The signs weren't good for Maisy, an 8-year-old St. Bernard.

Her owner Jane Dickinson brought Maisy to the Paragon Veterinary Referrals Clinic, where a ...

Anonymous Online Confessions Trend Up in Popularity

A trend continues to take place in the online world of anonymity. Several websites offer the opportunity to air one's darkest confessions. Visitors ...

Helping Those 'Carrying a Backpack of Misery'

In an article Margaret Manning encourages the church to find creative ways to help those who are marginalized in society:

A recent post in The New York ...

Research Predicts You're Hiding 13 Secrets

A new study has found that the average person is holding onto 13 secrets, five of which they've never told a living soul. And it's not the secret ...

Mountaineer Felt Grief in His Physical Heart

Men's Health portrayed the life of a man who believed his heart attack was caused primarily by grief. Acclaimed mountaineer Conrad Anker and his team ...

Religion Is on the Decline but Guilt Persists

In a recent New York Times article, columnist David Brooks argues, "Religion my be in retreat, but guilt seems as powerfully present as ever." To make ...

'Operation Noah's Ark' Meets Situation Hyper Hoarding

A mission called "Operation Noah's Ark" might sound like fun, but for members of the Nassau Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ...

Study Reveals the Upside of Stress

In 1975, Salvatore Maddi, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, began to study the long-term impact of stress on employees at the Illinois Bell ...

Every Crisis Is an Invitation

"Crises of every kind will find us … [But] these crises enter our lives not just as challenges to us to retain our balance and stability, but as ...