Many Are Trying to Find Self-Worth through Productivity

After finishing her psychiatry residency, a young doctor was working at a New York City hospital. She was friends with a doctor who was a few years ahead ...

Eugene Peterson’s Encouraging Counsel to a Young Mother

Julie Canlis writes in “The Bible’s Best Description of Salvation Is a Phrase We Rarely Use”:

Years ago during graduate studies at Regent ...

Famous Chef Shuts Down Restaurant to Stop and Reflect

Spanish chef Andoni Luis Aduriz is considered one of Spain's most influential and creative chefs and restaurateurs. His restaurant, Mugaritz, has ...

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 ...

A Peaceful Prison

We've all been there. Exhausted from the daily grind … Overwhelmed by expectations from work and family and social commitments … Needing ...

Your Whispering Spot

In 1956 environmentalist Sigurd Olson built a small cabin on the banks of a lake in northern Minnesota. The naming of lake homes is customary in the land ...

How Smartphones Hijack Our Minds

The Wall Street Journal reports that Adrian Ward, a cognitive psychologist and marketing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has been studying ...

Increasingly Teenagers Report 'Overwhelming Anxiety'

Anxiety has overtaken depression as the most common reason college students seek counseling services. In its annual survey of students, the American College ...

The Power of a 'Not-To-Do' List

Has your working day become one long battle to wade through a to-do list? An article on BBC.com noted the multiple distractions of the modern world—digital ...

International Justice Mission's Prayer Priority

The Christian human rights group International Justice Mission (IJM) sets a powerful example of weaving habits of prayer into their daily practices. Every ...