Good Friday. . . thank you Jesus. As we grapple with the glorious and almost incomprehensible meaning of today, spend time looking at this David Arms painting that’s in our house. Arms writes this about his painting “Free”: The cross frees us from bondage… Read More The post It Is Finished. . . appeared first on The Center for…
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The following is excerpted from an online article posted by BYU News. Want your teen to graduate from college one day? Focus on strengthening their social networks within and beyond the family, says a new BYU study. Building “family social capital” during the teen years dramatically boosts an adolescent’s chances of eventually completing college, according…
During yesterday’s conversation over coffee with friends, I was asked a very general question about kids, parents, and parenting in today’s world. The conversation quickly turned to how new ways of parenting (think “helicopter”, “lawnmower”, “snowplow”, etc.) have done little… Read More The post Easter Weekend and Teen Anxiety appeared first on The Center for…
I have no idea how he does it. The guy. . . his name actually is Guy. . . takes a huge bite of a chef’s signature creation, and somehow is able to engage his discriminating taste buds in ways… Read More The post Cultivating Wisdom & Discernment: Some Help and an Infographic. appeared first…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by MedicalXpress. For the first time, a Finnish study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä has investigated changes in the amount of exercise that strengthens the bones in adolescence. The study proved that bone-strengthening physical activity levels decrease during adolescence. The decline is steepest among the…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Preschoolers with clinical depression are more likely than their peers to have attempted suicide or to have had thoughts of killing themselves by age 12, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. The findings, published recently in the…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by HealthDay. Many teens – especially girls – are affected by body dysmorphic disorder, a condition in which they become obsessed with perceived flaws in their personal appearance, a new study shows. BDD affects about two in every 100 teens (1.9%), according to a report published…
One of my best friends recently told me, “I love to sing worship songs. It’s the one thing I still get to do with my daughter.” His daughter passed away two years ago. But because of the resurrection of Jesus, what could’ve ended in tragedy has ended in new life. Please lean into his story…
“How do I teach my kids to interact with people who have disabilities?” The question came during an interview with the hosts of the Music for the Soul podcast. While I composed an answer in my head before speaking, I also thought to myself, “What a great topic for a blog post.” Image from @itfeelslikefilm…