The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is the latest school to make headlines for piloting a napping station. In the walk-up to finals, six vinyl cots and disposable pillowcases were placed in the school's undergraduate library, which is open 24/7. First-come, first-serve, with a 30-minute time limit on snoozing, the area was the brainchild of senior Adrian Bazbaz, 23, an engineering major who came up with the idea after watching countless students fall asleep in front of the library computers. "They'll just put their backpacks on the table and lie on them," he says.

Ryan DeAngelis, a 21-year-old senior, used the napping station twice during finals for about 20 minutes while writing a 12-page paper about metaphysics. Even though he lives on campus, he says the library setup helped him get the job done because he was in a place where the people around him were studying.

And no matter how many sodas from the vending machine and cups of coffee college students chug from the cafeteria, caffeine cannot make them feel as rested as well as a nap. Sara Mednick, assistant professor at University of California-Riverside and author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life, says catching some z's can boost productivity. And a study published online in the journal Sleep found that sleep-deprived undergraduates were more likely to get worse grades and drop a course than their well-rested fellow students.

Possible Preaching Angles: Busyness; Rest; Sabbath - Universities and major companies take care of the needs of students and employees who need rest. Busy pastors and Christians should take a lesson from them. We often push ourselves too hard and try to serve the Lord from exhaustion. The Lord Jesus himself modeled taking time for much needed rest.