“‘Marshmallow man” Walter Mischel is an Ivy League professor known for his experiments in self-control. Nearly 50 years ago, he created a test to see how various five-year-olds would respond to being left alone with a marshmallow for 15 minutes with instructions not to eat it — and with the promises that if they didn’t,… Continue reading The Power of Self-Control
Category: Spiritua Disciplines
So Others May Eat: A Rice and Beans Challenge
In the beginning of January, our pastor invited our church to participate in a season of Asking with Fasting as a congregation. The church gave out a prayer calendar to each person which designated a different prayer focus for each day. As for fasting, he asked us to pray about how God might be calling… Continue reading So Others May Eat: A Rice and Beans Challenge
What the Pilgrims Were Thankful For
They risked their lives, many of them dying in the process, for something I often take for granted – freedom to worship. Yes, more than men with funny hats and women in bonnets, these were radically courageous people joined together by one passionate, all-encompassing pursuit: freedom to worship their God in the way that believed… Continue reading What the Pilgrims Were Thankful For