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Writers and TV Shows Reveal Pain of Aging
In 1975, a 63-year-old Elizabeth Bishop wrote to her long-time friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell, who was then 58 and just two years from his death. ...
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God Uses the Young but Saves His Best Work for the Mature
Os Guinness argues that God can use and has used people in their youth, but God also has accomplished some of his best work through people more advanced ...
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Football Coach Disciples His Team
For four decades, Amos Alonzo Stagg coached football at the University of Chicago. They were the original Monsters of the Midway, long before the Bears ...
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Research Shows Power Really Does Corrupt Us
In the early 1970s, a psychologist at named David Kipnis wanted to know if power really does corrupt people. So in a series of experiments, Kipnis had ...
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College Leader Tells Skeptic, 'Watch Me'
As an under-graduate, theologian/author D.A. Carson co-led an evangelistic Bible study. He confessed that whenever he felt out of his depths, he would ...
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Older Man Becomes 'Dad' to Father-abandoned Man
At a men's retreat, a group of 30-40 men of all ages sat in a room sharing joys and deep aches of the soul. A young man named Jason sat in his chair, ...
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Worker Absenteeism Tied to Hope
American businesses lose $300 billion annually because of employees struggling with chronic health conditions and billions more due to mild illnesses ...
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Man 'Steals' from Store Called 'Finders Keepers'
Ruben Pavon was driving down the road in Derry, New Hampshire when a store caught his eye. It was a large building with lots of stuff out front just sitting ...
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People Accept New Ideas after Seven 'Touches'
Why do some changes happen quickly while other changes occur slowly? Writer and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande argues that we tend to rely heavily on technology, ...
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A Military Historian Defines Leadership
Leadership is the capacity to inspire and motivate; to persuade people willingly to endure hardships, usually prolonged, and incur dangers, usually acute, ...
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