Waist!
We’ve finally got it figured out. No wonder [Dallas Cowboys*] fans’ waistlines are growing. Yup, we’ve got the answer.
[*Insert the name of your favorite losing team here.]
Yes, if you are a supporter of a losing team, watch out. Your waistline’s growing even as we speak.
A recent study published in Psychological Science compared the outcomes from two seasons’ worth of NFL games with people’s food consumption in over two dozen cities. When a sports team
World!
Someone called it “PHPS”—Post Harry Potter Syndrome. Many are afflicted, me included. We want more from JKR. But alas, what we have is what we have—HPI through HPVII.
But take heart. There is more. In fact, we Muggles can now actually go to Diagon Alley from the comfort of your bedroom, and in your PJs, if you wish.
Nope, you don’t need to go to Orlando (to see The Wizarding World of HP) or to Leavesden, U.K. (to take in the Harry Potter Studio Tour). Nope, no
Mark 10:1–12
Followers of Jesus, in obedience to Scripture, remain united to their spouses for life, in the journey of discipleship.
“And the two shall become one flesh.”
Mark 9:35
In Mark 3:31–35 and 10:28–30, Jesus had declared that a new family was being formed, that related to him, that followed him, and that represented him. Questions would have arisen then regarding the implications of this new unit of relationship for the already-existing unit of the traditional family:
Attitude!
Attitude is everything, it seems.
A few weeks ago I blogged on how the emotions are not as nondescript, dysfunctional, and inutile, as we’ve usually been taught in our linear, logocentric, Enlightenment culture, where the mind is king!
There’s more to this than meets the eye. Feelings can actually influence our brain. Really!
Just the other day, a study in the journal Psychological Science showed that the ritual of singing “Happy Birthday” before consuming
Bequest!
A couple of weeks ago, on my way to Mt. Hermon, in Northern California (for a DTS conference), I got to spend a week on the northern coast of that state, north of San Francisco. Accompanied by my two nephews, we decided to see some big trees and paid a visit to the Redwood National Forest, five hours drive from SF.
Quite a sight! The Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal redwood, is one of the tallest trees on the planet. “Hyperion,” the biggest of the lot measured
Mark 9:14–50
The humble disciple, faithfully dependent on God’s power in prayer, serves the last and least.
“If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:35
The prominent theme in this pericope, that commences with the healing of a demon-possessed boy, is humility.
Reinforcing the intensity of the demonic struggle, the affliction of the boy, with its etiology and its symptoms, gets extended coverage in the account: 9:17–18, 20, 22, 26. As 9:19
Me!
Nine million college freshmen have taken the American Freshman Survey over the last five decades. And yes, there is a clearly visible trend. An upward trend. An escalating trend.
Of self-infatuation!
Jean Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State, and author of several fascinating works—one of them, The Narcissism Epidemic (2009), is reviewed
Abe Kuruvilla is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY), and a dermatologist in private practice. His passion is to explore, explain, and exemplify preaching.