Chef Chris Cosentino, Food Network star and executive chef at San Francisco’s Incanto restaurant, once came up with a practical solution for people who occasionally indulge until […]
There are moments when another person’s suffering asks something of us. It may ask for time, patience, money, inconvenience, presence, advocacy, forgiveness, practical help, or simply the […]
In Growing Deep in the Christian Life, Charles Swindoll tells a story about an honest act that took an unexpected turn: Several years ago, in Long Beach, […]
As children return to school, many parents are going to discover that one of the most important decisions about homework is no longer whether it gets done […]
What makes the difference between studying and actually learning? Students can spend a great deal of time on schoolwork without getting as much from that effort as […]
When Beth Jacobson was growing up, the end of summer brought an aching feeling in the pit of her stomach. School was extraordinarily difficult for her because […]
“Did you tell your teacher?” “No.” “Why not?” “I don’t know.” That conversation takes place in countless homes. A child comes home form school upset because an […]
Sleep is one of the most familiar parts of life and, at the same time, one of the least understood. Every night millions of people climb into […]
There is an odd contradiction in the way people approach life. We expect almost everything we own to require ongoing attention, yet we somehow expect life itself […]
Memorization is easy. Remembering is not. Memorization stores facts. Remembering keeps meaning alive after the moment that created it has passed. Most things do not survive time […]