Pregnant Moms, what do you know about the development of your precious’ brain while you are carrying the little one? There’s lots of information about this on Adam and Mila’s website that they encourage us to share, including: The Fetal Brain The prenatal brain development starts at just over two weeks in, with the formation… Read More
You are what you eat?
Did you know your eating habits affect you thinking abilities? Can a typical Western diet high in saturated fats and sugars affect the parts of the brain that are important to memory and make people more likely to crave the unhealthful food? Psychologist Terry Davidson, director of the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at American University in Washington,… Read More
Discern, Choose, then Practice
At a recent talk at Influence, a multi-generational woman’s group at Liberty Evangelical Free Church in Pella, Iowa, we explored the idea of renewing our minds. Is it possible? The Bible says it is. So does science. It start with choosing what we are going to think about. Yes, you can choose your thoughts. And… Read More
Achoo! Sniffle. Arrgh! 5 tricks to living well with allergies.
Are allergies running your life. Man of us can’t wait for spring so they can shed their heavy outerwear and go outside to do something besides shovel snow. The sun warms the soil, the grass turns green, and trees bud and flower. People rush outdoors, but some of us unhappily huddle inside with our air conditioners running.… Read More
What shapes the inner you?
You may have heard the old saying, “You are what you eat.” What shapes your body? The way you eat, drink, sleep, exercise, heal, and live. Whether you work at it or ignore it, your body shows the effects. The inner you also shows the effects of the attention it receives. What shapes the inner… Read More
Colossians 3:18-19 Go all out in love
Submission is not something we in America do well. I can’t speak for those in other countries, because I don’t have enough experience in and of your cultures. But individual rights and privileges–something I believe in and support–can lead us to think only of ourselves and what we deserve and have rights to. Individualistic thinking–what’s… Read More
Colossians 3:17 Take myself out of the limelight
I have been wondering lately, how much of what I do is so that people will think good of me? If I am living for God, trying to be someone who reflects His light to the world, why do I feel the need to have my shadow–my silhouette–superimposed on His light? What would it look… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 