This Wednesday, my 16-year-old daughter Ellie and I are giving up coffee (or in her case, chocolate) for Lent, for a reason that might surprise you. While cutting out my main source of caffeine will no doubt give me a health kick, I'm not taking on this challenge to cut my depend...
Anne Heller has done something that I had never previously seen in my 18 years in the non-profit sector. She identified a social problem, scoured academic literature to find a solution, and then set up a non-profit to implement it. That approach sounds jaw-droppingly obvious, but it is ...
So this year when it came to giving something up for Lent I decided I would not choose chocolate, alcohol or one of the other bog-standard options. No, I decided to give up using supermarkets. I would spend about 40 days ignoring the easy option of nipping out 24-hours a day to pick...
I felt excited because it was the first time for me to climb a mountain. At first, I hiked so quickly that my dad couldn't follow me up. But after a while, I was too tired to go on.I wanted to give up because it seemed impossible for me to reach the top of the mountain. ...
If you’ve done the hard work of planning your business, getting the right documentation in order, building your credit, and everything else, now you’ll simply fill out some paperwork, make a phone call, give a presentation, or fax something over to your lender, and then it’s just a...
We seek to lay down something minor in exchange for what exactly? Does giving up chocolate make us understand the weight of the cross or the heaviness of our sinfulness? All too often, our practice of Lent has become superficial, where we offer simple rituals in hopes of finding a changed...
This might sound obvious to you, but compassion is not something I can access too easily for myself, though I have it in spades for everyone else. When things get tough, I like to grit my teeth, pushing to work harder. It’s kind of like when someone is talking to someone who ...
Lent. Make suggestions to your child about activities that he could give up for Lent, but never pressure him into choosing something that you think is best. Instead, work with him to choose something that he feels he can handle and something that will leave him feeling positively about Lent...
8 or more As: You are scoring very high for happiness. However, one problem with being so happy is that it may lead to complacency. You are less interested in changing yourself, or improving certain aspects of your character, than most people. ...
aIn the very beginning of the new semester,I want to say something to you:we become a sophomore from a freshman,it is bond to be a different year that we ever have,and I don't know how to express my gratefulness to you for the phonetic you lent me.Undoubtedly,it really benifit me ...