Enjoy the little things, because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things. That may sound like a line from a syrupy greeting card. But it turns out to be an important ingredient in workplace issues like engagement, wellbeing, productivity, and even profit.
Ideas and Society
More Ideas and Society Features
Family: The Key to Thriving Communities and Economies
Unfortunately, when it comes to both raising revenue and effecting social change, governments do a fabulous job of simultaneously undercutting the wellbeing of families and shortchanging their own economies. In considering policy, governments need to consider marriage and family because, it turns out, family structure has a significant impact on national economies.
New York State, Which Celebrated Abortion Extremism, Outlaws Declawing Cats
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo seems incredibly concerned with animal cruelty. But when it comes to newborn babies? Not so much. The man behind the infamous light display for infanticide has apparently decided that it’s mean to declaw cats. Dismembering tiny humans, on the other hand, gets a hearty standing ovation.
Contempt is Keeping Us from Becoming ‘a More Perfect Union’
Dr. John Gottman is a world-renowned social scientist who can watch a couple briefly argue about a topic and predict whether they will divorce with over 90 percent accuracy. What does he look for? Evidence of contempt. Marriage isn’t the only institution corroded by contempt, it is corroding American democracy.
I Went to a Socialism Conference. Here Are My 6 Observations.
While the panelists and attendees were certainly radical, and often expressed contempt for the Democratic Party establishment, it was nevertheless clear how seamlessly they blended traditional Marxist thought with the agenda of what’s becoming the mainstream left. The culture war is being used as a launching point for genuinely socialist ideas, many of which are re-emerging in the 21st century.
Same-sex Politics and the Lie of “Inclusivity”
Do you remember hearing as a kid, “Well, if you don’t…then, I won’t be your friend.” There’s a term for using that tactic: relational aggression. Some people learn early in life that threatening people with exclusion is a great way to attempt to get what you want. One may think that kind of behavior goes away with adulthood, but it turns out, it doesn’t. Instead, when you’re an adult, exclusion is used to enforce obedience to political dogma.
Is it wrong to have Christian patriotism?
Did you sing patriotic songs in church lately? I admit that when the organ introduced “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the beginning of a Sunday worship service just preceding Independence Day my intellectual super-ego (I won’t say conscience), conditioned by years of exposure to politically correct academic opinion, set off a little alarm bell. What does national self-congratulation have to do with a gospel of personal repentance and universal love? I suspected that a few other sensitive souls — and perhaps our non-American friends in the congregation — might have experienced some discomfort.
Daring to Act in Love
Your Hardest Family Question: Should I pursue back child support and alimony?
Satan’s Counterfeit Gospel of Perfectionism
How to Make the Sacrifice of a Broken Heart
Come, Follow Me Podcast #32 “Overcome Evil with Good” Romans 7-16
Come Follow Me Podcast #33 “Be Perfectly Joined Together”, 1 Corinthians 1-7
Meridian’s Come, Follow Me Podcast (All Episodes)
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How to Make the Sacrifice of a Broken Heart
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Come, Follow Me for Families and Individuals: “Ye Are the Body of Christ”, 1 Corinthians 8-13
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Beyond Ministering: Service that Transcends the Assignment
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Food for Your 120 Hour Kits that You’ll Actually Eat
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Sports and Honor
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How Can Keeping “the Unity of the Faith” Help Us Be “the Temple of God”?
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Nairobi, Kenya, to be Church Africa Central Area Office
