3 Ways to Renew your Mind
3 Ways to Renew your Mind In an age of driver’s licenses, subscriptions and the like, there is always something that we need to manage an...
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Coconut Oil: Better Seen as a "Routine Oil" Than a Health Food
Walk through the health-food section of any store, online or off, and one item shows up again and again: coconut oil. For a while it was sold as a "good-for-you fat," a "diet oil," an "energy oil" — as if simply eating it would melt away weight or hand you...
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Tricia Thornton
Why the Transition into Summer Feels Harder Than We Expected
For many parents, summer arrives like a finish line. We limp toward the last day of school convinced that once the schedules disappear, life will suddenly feel lighter. Easier. Slower.But often, that is not what happens.Instead, many families find themselves oddly unsettled. Parents feel exhausted instead of refreshed. Kids become...
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How to Break a Hurting Heart: Lessons from Job’s Friends
As we study where Job’s friends went wrong, we can learn how not to take a page from their playbook and to respond instead with the humility and compassion our suffering friends need.
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Jay Garden
Jay Garden is a classically trained pianist and music educator. As a Christian, Jay views music as a gift from God and a meaningful way to reflect beauty and meaning. Through this space, Jay shares accessible introductions to classical music, along with insights on listening, music history, and music education, with a focus on personal and spiritual reflection.