From Super and Duper to Good and Faithful By Jon Forrest Are you a report card person? The digital age has ruined the trauma we used to feel with a good ol’ paper report card. Do you remember how the teacher would place that thick-papered official document in your hand at 2:48 on Friday afternoon…
I’ve never shared this publicly, but I have a super power. I can enter any museum, zoo or aquarium in the world with my family and go through it in 30 minutes. The trick is to tell my family, “Stay here. I’ll be right back.” Isn’t that the truth, though? As awkward as it is to admit,…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by USC Today. A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may disrupt their brains’ memory ability for a long time. “What we see not just in this paper, but in…
While chatting with a dear and trusted youth ministry friend last evening, we were trying to make sense of the day’s news regarding the downfall of more of our own. There was a kind of accountability taking place in our… Read More The post This Youth Ministry Teachable Moment appeared first on The Center for…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. Through a large-scale analysis, researchers have uncovered the ways in which consensual touch can benefit a person’s physical and mental wellbeing. Through a large-scale analysis, researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have uncovered the ways in which consensual touch can benefit a person’s…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by ScienceDaily. A study from the University of Jyväskylä confirms the concerns raised in the public domain about how young people’s decreased fitness may affect their future work ability. The association of low youth cardiorespiratory fitness and adulthood decreased work ability persisted until the end of…
The following is excerpted from an online article posted by StudyFinds. Studies continue to show that childhood obesity puts kids at greater risk for developing diseases like Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. However, there’s a less talked about problem that excess weight at a young age could cause — poor brain health. Researchers working with…
Like a new outfit that looks crisp and sharp or an old outfit that is so worn out it’s comfy and we wear it all the time….is often how we wear the banner of the special needs journey. How does it look on us? On you? Is our attire crisp and sharp or rather worn…
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The phrase “fear not” appears 158 times in the Bible. Fear is an emotional response to a real or perceived imminent threat; anxiety is the anticipation of a future threat. Left unchecked, it can wreck our lives. I have witnessed the damage of untamed fear. Long ago, I worked as a psychologist in correctional facilities….