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Hotels.com offered voters the opportunity to escape what they call “election stress disorder” by checking into special discounted property after they cast their ballots in November 2020. The site offered a 20 percent discount on properties with the name “rock” in them. One of the options was a man-made…

Paul David Tripp’s life changed big time in 2014. He went into a hospital for a checkup but ended up hospitalized with kidney failure. Over the next few months, he endured six surgeries and lived with excruciating pain and perpetual fatigue. Out of the experienced he shared his experience and offers…

When a person is suffering from depression, there are times when they just can’t make their body do anything, even if they know a little exercise would be the best thing. Paige Waehner says she has helped a lot of people find the motivation to exercise, but admits that depression is especially hard to…

A new survey indicates a growing number of people are less attracted to social media sites such as Facebook. The poll conducted by Reuters and the Ipsos research firm found roughly a third of social media users are not excited about the experience, and the sentiment seems to be growing. The survey found…

But there may be a deeper meaning to our thirst and fatigue. John Sanford paints a picture of this in his description of an old well that stood outside the front door of a family farmhouse in New Hampshire. The water from the well was remarkably pure and cold. No matter how hot the summer or how severe…

So like people dying of thirst in the desert, we stagger exhausted and aimless through our days. Preaching, teaching, training, counseling, and administrating become intolerably burdensome because we have somehow forgotten why we are doing them. This weariness comes close to what medieval theologians…

In Character Forged from Conflict, Gary Preston writes about Gladys Aylward, a missionary to China during and after World War II: Gladys's ministry in China was chronicled in the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. She suffered terribly during her journey across the mountains of China in order to bring…

Surgeon Paul Brand tells a story that provides a gripping picture of the work of the paraclete. He was a junior doctor in a London hospital when one day he came into the room of an eighty-one-year-old cancer patient named Mrs. Twigg. Her cancer was in her throat and, as he describes it, this “spry, courageous…

Every day, come rain or shine, Bill hits the pavement and puts in three to five miles jogging. He’s was the picture of health up until the moment that he almost died. One morning, after his run, he started itching all over his body, was light-headed and had a growing sense of fatigue and dread. He lay…

ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE plants in nature is the Ibervillea sonorae. It can exist for seemingly indefinite periods without soil or even water. As Annie Dillard tells the story, one was kept in a display case at the New York Botanical Garden for seven years without soil or water. For seven springs it…

By college, Michelle [Akers] had become an All-American soccer star, earning ESPN's woman athlete of the year in 1985—the same year the United States formed its first women's national team, with Michelle a starter. 3. In 1991 the U.S. team won the first-ever Women's World Cup and Michelle scored 10 goals…

We’re exposed daily to so much human tragedy we’ve experienced what some have called compassion fatigue. Having felt sorry for so many flood victims, earthquake victims and war victims we simply cannot muster the sympathy we know we ought to have for fresh casualties. But even worse than compassion fatigue…

SINGING New research suggests drivers who enjoy a sing-a-long while on the road concentrate more and fall asleep less than drivers who remain silent behind the wheel. The study conducted for a British insurance company found 63 percent of safe drivers—those who had not been in an accident for four years…

SABILLASVILLE, Md. — On a sultry day in July 2008, Marine Sgt. David W. Budwah strode in his battle fatigues to the front of a picnic pavilion to tell three dozen young boys what he did during the war. With his clear gaze, rigid posture and muscled, tattooed arms, Budwah looked every inch the hero he…

And His sacrifice was a suffering sacrifice. Notice He says, “This is my body which was broken for you.” A medical doctor, Truman Davis, contemplated the cross to determine what it was that caused Christ to die. Here’s what he wrote about the suffering of Christ: The preliminary scourging was done with…

The Christian life isn't a series of correspondence courses. A young man decided he wanted to be a boxer, so he decided to take private lessons. He found a boxing coach at a nearby gym who agreed to give him twenty-six weekly sessions. As part of his instruction, the young man was required to spar with…

The Preciousness of the Bible There is a story that when Dr. Livingstone began his great missionary work in Africa he was passionate about reading and his studies. Even though he knew the road would be rough and long he still committed to carrying his most prized books with him on his long journey. When…

Page 41 Almost from the moment I had ears to hear, I heard those voices, and they have stayed with me ever since. They have come to me through my parents, my friends, my teachers, and my colleagues, but, most of all, they have come and still come through the mass media that surround me. And they say:…

REST A new study suggests that companies that operate all-nights shifts to increase profitability may not realize the total cost of maintaining a third shift. The study by Circadian Technologies of Lexington Massachusetts suggests the night shift may cost companies upwards of $206 billion a year, roughly…

Sermon preached at State College Free Methodist Church On Sunday, April 27,1997, by Pastor C. W. Marshall Neh. 4:6 So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart. Neh. 4:10-14 Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers…

James Fixx is the author of popular books on running. His most widely circulated book is The Complete Book of Running, in which he has a section describing some of the mental quirks that happen in a race. He writes, "When we race, strange things happen to our minds. The stress of fatigue sometimes makes…

Motivational expert Ron White tells of being in Navy boot camp. He was tired, intimidated, scared, and hungry. Another sailor who about to graduate passed him in the hallway and, seeing his fatigued expression, whispered out of the side of his mouth, “Hang in there…. You can do it.’ Ron never learned…

FINISHING WELL According to Professor Howard Hendricks of Dallas Theological Seminary, there are 100 or so leaders in the Bible, two-thirds of whom did not finish well. —Go the Distance p. 4 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson When King David fell, he brought shame to his entire house and his kingdom. His…

1. Never eat together as a family. 2. Never have weekly, monthly, or annual family outings that they can look forward to as a family unit. 3. Talk to your children, not with them; never listen. 4. Punish your children in public, and never praise them or reinforce their positive behavior. 5. Always solve…

to Illustrate... OUR WEAKNESS/ HIS STRENGTH T he folklore surround­ing Poland's famous concert pianist and prime minister, Ignace Paderewski, includes this story: A mother, wishing to en­courage her young son's progress at the piano, bought tickets for a Paderewski performance. When the night arrived,…