Links to places where the gospel meets culture
Also from Newsweek: here's a photo history of world barriers. We like our walls, don't we?
And here's one more from Newsweek: Sharon Begley insists that depression has a way of fixing what ails us.
Tennis great Andre Agassi amassed over $100 million through his professional career and countless endorsements. But it sure sounds like he wasn't happy in life.
This, according to a new report: Facebook users spend a full three days a year on the site. (Read the article to find out how much time an addict uses up. Yikes.)
New research from the U.K. says having a kid makes couples happier—and having three kids causes over-the-moon happiness.
Troubling news from the college/university front: A 2009 National Survey of Counseling Directors, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh, found that "94 percent of directors reported an increase in students with severe psychological conditions, including depression, eating disorders, and drug and alcohol addictions. In addition, 91 percent believe a greater number of students are arriving on campus already taking psychiatric medications." All of this has led to an increase in suicide rates among college students.
Time's Nancy Gibbs makes the case for modesty in an age of arrogance.
With his wife having been given three months to live, Neil Prott, an Australian, was desperate. So he went to church for the first time. He reflects on his experience in this short article. As Tim Challies points out, Prott helps give us a little insight into "a person's first strange and perhaps terrifying attempt at going to church."
Wow. Some folks really hate their jobs.
Posted by Brian Lowery at 7:35 AM on November 11, 2009
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