The Purpose of Communion
A viral social media video showed people from separate generations pretending to answer a phone, and the differences were telling. Older generations instinctively mimed holding
A viral social media video showed people from separate generations pretending to answer a phone, and the differences were telling. Older generations instinctively mimed holding
Think back to that Karate Kid moment from week 1: what felt repetitive and maybe even pointless turned out to be preparation. In the same way, it’s
“The commentators were ecstatic after the game. ‘He played like a man inspired,’ they said. What images does that conjure up for you? A sports
Some athletes seem to have a natural gift, and others without natural talent must struggle to accomplish their goals. Though success may seem to come
Motivation is key for our lives. Consider the number of people who spent hours in the weight room preparing for the next season because they
Muscle memory is the idea in sports where you, to truly master something, you must do it repeatedly. Through the repetition, which may take years
If you want to be good at something, you have to practice consistently and frequently. Take someone like Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, for example. Phelps’s
Think of how an Olympic athlete must train for their sport. In the pandemic of 2020–21, the Olympics were cancelled, but many of us saw
Patience is hard work. Just consider your own driving practices—how it’s hard to wait for the slow person with their turn signal on to finally
Prayer, like any other discipline, requires…well, discipline. Richard Foster writes in, Celebration of Discipline, “Prayer is like any other work;
Practicing generosity is like weightlifting. If you start lifting thirty-pound reps (roughly one-third of your body weight when you’re still one hundred pounds), you are