According to a study published in Psychological Science, people who buy “green” cleaning products, rather than traditional ones, have a higher propensity to cheat or lie following their purchase. Did you get that? People who “do good things,” even as small as buying products better for the environment, are likely to “do bad things”...
Leaders – What Is Your Achilles’ Heel?
Dr. Howard Hendricks, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, carried out a study of 246 ministry leaders. Each had been caught committing significant immorality within a two-year period. What they had in common: all had believed they were immune to their failing. In C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, the demon Wormwood mentors his nephew, Screwtape,...
Life as a “Roller Coaster” Is The Wrong Analogy
We’ve all heard it said that life is like a roller coaster, a series of highs and lows. It gives the impression of regularly spaced mountaintop experiences followed by corresponding lows. That’s not an accurate image. In my experience, life is much more like train tracks with highs and lows in close proximity....