Move it, baby! Your brain will thank you.

  Do you feel weak or have a hard time opening that pickle jar? Has your energizer bunny taken an extended vacation? How much caffeine does it take to clear the dust bunnies from your brain? Do you know the best solution to these complaints is: EXERCISE! But if you’re like me, you have a… Read More

You CAN Improve Brain Function

I blame Dr. Caroline Leaf for my passion about science, scripture, and the brain. More than that, I thank God for her passion and communication of science and how it fulfill God’s promise of renewing of the mind—it’s not only possible, it’s scientifically measurable! A recent blog by Dr. Leaf talks about her work with… Read More

Working Memory

How do you remember things? Can you retain what you have learned? How effective is your working memory? Learning is a complex task that depends on a wide range of thinking skills working together: working memory. Working memory is a person’s ability to temporarily hold and manipulate information for thinking tasks that are performed on… Read More

Fire Together—Wire Together

— If you read last week’s blog and listened to Barbara Arrowsmith-Young’s story, I hope you felt hopeful and energized by the possibilities wired into our God-designed brains. God tells us: Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans… Read More

Want to trade your brain in for a new one?

In first grade, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was told, “You have a defect.” “You have a mental block. ” “You will never learn as other children.” “You need to live with these limitations.” She couldn’t tell time. She got lost easily. She didn’t understand abstracts. She didn’t process mentally what was happening to one side of her… Read More

Health: Mind, Body, and Soul

Think of yourself as a one-room schoolhouse: everything you are (mind, body, and soul) is in contained in one structure, and the health of each part—good or bad—in that room affects the whole. This special report from Webmd.com gives some practical tips on healthy habits in different areas of you to promote the health of… Read More