No Such Thing as a ‘Typical’ Family Setup, Study Finds
A report released Thursday by the Council on Contemporary Families shows that work-family arrangements have changed significantly in the last half-century. While in 1960, 65 percent of children lived with families in which the parents were married and the father was the sole breadwinner, only 22 percent of children lived in this setup in 2012.
Children now are more likely to live in a single-mother household (23 percent), while a plurality (34 percent) live in families where parents are married and both work. As study author and University of Maryland sociologist Philip Cohen notes in the report, “There is no single family arrangement that encompasses the majority of children.”
Atheists Accuse Evangelical Researchers (US!) of Bias– Let’s Take a Look!
Thanks to the AHA, we now know that when you tell people “under God” was added in the “Cold War” and point out that some value “unity more than religion,” people give a different answer. LifeWay Research found that when merely asked about its removal, the vast majority of Americans wanted the phrase to remain. Actually, that’s what every polling firm would find it they just asked the simple question.
The False Doctrine of Sound Doctrine
- It can become a work-based system of salvation, which denies the atoning grace Jesus achieved in his death and resurrection.
- It can become a convenient way of segmenting my spirituality so that I remain blind to my failures.
- It can make me forget the “Why” of the Christian life.
How Can Churches Engage 20-Somethings?
What’s the key in churches that are finding success? Value.
We found that 20-somethings want to be valued in the church. While that’s all well and good, it’s a little vague. Here are four themes we saw time and time again across the country that made the 20-somethings feel valued in the church.
He Must Increase; Our Churches Must Decrease
See, nobody ever said, “We changed our music style and revival broke out.”
Nobody ever said, “We moved from Sunday School classes to small groups and the glory of God came down.”
Nobody ever said, “You would not believe the repenting unto holiness that happened when our pastor started preaching shorter sermons.”
(I’m just sayin’.)
Why Leaders Are Poor Communicators
A few months ago, I wrote a post about workplace demotivators, and discussed the most common reasons people check out at work. It’s often said that employees don’t leave a job; they leave their manager. A manager doesn’t have to be malevolent. It’s a tough slog when you don’t know what your boss wants or if there’s simply no connection to leadership or a common purpose. Further, communications builds trust – and erodes it quickly when missing or bungled.
To that point, in a study captured in the article, “How Poor Leaders Become Good Leaders,” most of the improvements listed by Harvard Business Review contributors Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman involve shifts in how managers communicated with others.
Evil not so banal, says disturbing new probe
It showed that ordinary people could commit acts of extraordinary harm, but that thoughtlessness was not the main motivator, he said.
“We argue that people are aware of what they are doing, but that they think it is the right thing to do,” he said.
“This comes from identification with a cause — and an acceptance that the authority is a legitimate representative of that cause.”
Actor posing as beggar ignored in Stockholm neighborhood
Konrad Ydhage, who posed as a beggar for the “social experiment” with his team, STHLM Panda, told The Local Monday his plan was to ask strangers for one kronor, about 14 cents, in the affluent Stureplan area and then reward their generosity by giving them back twice their money.
He said the plan went awry when no one offered him any money during his two hours of begging.
Man calls and texts ex 21,807 times, admits stupidity
They had broken up in 2011. However, as Agence France-Presse reported Friday, he bombarded her with requests over a 10-month period to either pay him for his work, or at least show gratitude.
When she blocked his calls, he called her parents or her workplace, according to the report. At heart, it seems, he simply couldn’t cope with their breakup. His behavior, however, suggested that he needed to analyze his obsessive behavior a little more than he did.
After 21,807 attempts to get a thank you, he got one — in a meeting moderated by a mediator. A court in Lyon wasn’t too sympathetic toward his insistent, possibly deranged, behavior. It gave him a 10-month jail sentence — 6 months of which was suspended — and fined him 1,000 Euros (around $1,297), reported AFP.