Mixtapes were the 1980s version of a playlist, but instead of living in iTunes, they lived on good old-fashioned plastic cassettes. When a cassette broke, you didn’t take it to the Apple Genius bar. You took a No. 2 pencil, stuck it in one of the sprockets and spun it around. Boom, you were back in business.... Continue Reading →
In order to be considered "upper class" in the United States a household of two needs to earn over $102,001, a family of four needs to bring in more than $144,251 and a family of five needs to rake in over $161,277 a year. And in order to earn these six-figure salaries, workers probably need... Continue Reading →
Emojis have become part and parcel of how we communicate with friends and families. We don’t think twice when sending a smiley or frowney face to those with whom we are closest. These cute images add emotion, humor, and meaning to messages. They are the spice in otherwise bland text-based communication. But when it comes... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Justin Bieber announced that he and model Hailey Baldwin are now engaged. In recent years, Bieber has been very open about his faith. Baldwin is also an outspoken Christian who frequently references her faith on social media. The daughter of actor Stephen Baldwin, she explained to Teen Vogue back in 2016, that she was raised in the Church and... Continue Reading →
You can’t put a price on love, right? In a sense. But those engaged in a long-distance relationship will tell you that there certainly is a cost. According to reports from StatisticBrain, 14 million people are in long-distance relationships. The average distance between the couples is 125 miles. Thirty-two percent of college students are involved... Continue Reading →
Living in a digital age is indeed challenging. The digital world serves us in many ways, but it fails us in many ways too. Because it is a world not likely to go away anytime soon, should we not learn how to converse in it in a Christlike, faithful way? We can start by centering... Continue Reading →
A review of studies published in BMJ Journals Heart recently confirmed that marital status appears to influence the risk of heart disease and cardiovascular death. Researchers gathered data from more than 2 million participants worldwide and discovered that, compared to married people, those who were unmarried—whether never married, widowed or divorced—had a 42 percent higher chance of... Continue Reading →
never withhold peace from anyone you can make peace with... being mean to someone is one thing... but SILENT TREATMENT is an even greater form of disrespect our culture needs peace makers... not grudge holders! #PURSUE #PROTECT #PEACE @zoechurchLA pic.twitter.com/KTtDi3BlC4 — chad veach (@chadcveach) June 30, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
According to new research by JAMA Internal Medicine, drinking even up to eight cups of coffee each day does not increase your risk of mortality. Instant coffee has a weaker link to death than ground coffee, so apparently if you compromise taste for cost, you’re also going to live longer. The researchers wrote that the... Continue Reading →
An international team of scientists has discovered a young planet — just 5 or 6 million years old — forging its own path through space and likely growing along the way. The scientists captured a photograph, which they say is the very first direct image of the birth of a planet still forming around a... Continue Reading →
The columnist who pegged Chip and Joanna Gaines as a “work-first, kids-second” couple two months ago in an op-ed recently reached out to the couple to apologize directly. In his original USA Today piece, writer Daryl Austin argued that the well-known, heavily successful HGTV couple couldn’t prioritize their children over their work, which involved running multiple businesses... Continue Reading →
Richard Swift, a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who worked with the Black Keys, the Shins and many others, died Tuesday in Tacoma, Washington, at the age of 41, according to a post on his Facebook page; a rep confirmed the news to Pitchfork and other outlets. The cause of death has not been announced; in June... Continue Reading →
