What is the hedonic treadmill? Why every upgrade fades to normal, the lottery-study detail most people miss, and simple ways to slow it down without spending.
Aging Muscle Weakness May Be a Nerve Signal Problem
Aging muscle weakness may not just be lost muscle. A new study found the nerve-to-muscle signal failing in weak older adults. What it means and what helps.
Prayer for Long-Term Illness: Why the Bible Counts the Years
Why the Bible records how long people were sick – 38 years, 18, 12, 8 – and a prayer for long-term illness built on Romans 15:13. Full transcript and chapters.
New Wild Cat Species: Bolivia’s Tiny Tilcayo Already Had a Name
A new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, is the first named in over 100 years. The people of Bolivia’s cloud forest knew it all along. Here is the full story.
What Is Moral Injury? The Wound of Breaking Your Own Code
What is moral injury? It’s the wound of doing, or failing to stop, something that breaks your own code. How it differs from PTSD, its signs, and how it heals.
Prayer for Letting Go of Anger: When You Had Every Right
A prayer for letting go of anger you had every right to feel, and what Psalm 37’s “fret not thyself” and Ephesians 4:26 say about anger that won’t leave.
How to Hear from God: The Voice on the Mountain Pointed to Jesus
How to hear from God, from the one moment in the Gospels a voice from heaven told people what to do. It said two words, and they pointed to Jesus.
What Is a Trauma Bond? Why You Miss the Person Who Hurt You
What is a trauma bond? Why you can miss someone who hurt you, how the hot-and-cold cycle builds the pull, and why it fades slowly after you finally leave.
Guidance Prayer for Strength When You Don’t Know the Way
A guidance prayer for strength for the fork in the road, when you need both the push and the direction. Plus the shepherd hiding at the end of Psalm 28.
Prayer for Chronic Pain: Strength Sized for One Day
A prayer for chronic pain you can say in one breath, the 1,600-year-old practice behind it, and what the Bible says when pain doesn’t leave.