Articles
Family and Children
- Top Reasons For Divorce: http://divorce.lovetoknow.com/Top_Reasons_for_Divorce
- Divorce Statistics and Living Together Before Marriage: https://www.afsp.org/understanding-suicide/facts-and-figures
- Suicide Facts and Figures: https://www.afsp.org/understanding-suicide/facts-and-figures
- Racial Disparities in Suicide Rates May Be Due to Culture Rather Than Genes: https://nihrecord.nih.gov/newsletters/2010/06_25_2010/story2.htm
- Bishop TD Jakes Comments on Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
- The Father Factor http://www.fatherhood.org/father-absence-statistics
- ACE Study: Relationship to Childhood Trauma and Later Life Health Issues http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/
- How much screen time?: http://bgr.com/2014/05/29/smartphone-computer-usage-study-chart/
- Power of your thinking (Margaret Thatcher): http://www.ranker.com/list/the-iron-lady-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes
- Healthy Husbands: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2014/03/12/husband-s-health-and-attitude-loom-large-happy-long-term-marriages
- Reading Levels Linkage to Incarceration: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/07/an-urban-myth-that-should-be-true/259329/
- High School Graduation Rates: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/high-school-graduation-rate_n_2755340.html
- Life Expectancy: http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/life-expectancy-by-re/
- Cost of Raising a Child: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/cost-of-raising-a-child_n_5688179.html (see money also)
- Facts about Child Abuse: https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-child-abuse
Money
- Wanted: Jobs For 600 Million Young People: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wanted-jobs-for-600-million-young-people/
- GenX has most Financial Worries: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-generation-x-had-the-worst-personal-finance-year-ever-214519220.html
- Retirement Myths: http://www.nextavenue.org/blog/busting-myths-about-work-retirement
- 10 Richest Presidents: http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2013/02/14/americas-10-richest-presidents-1049821554/
- Gender Pay Gap: http://www.today.com/money/gender-pay-gap-persists-women-age-812558?franchiseSlug=todaymoneymain
- Cost of Raising a Child: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/18/cost-of-raising-a-child_n_5688179.html
- The Black White Economic Divide in 5 Charts
- Study: Less than half are middle class: http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/
09/news/economy/middle-class/ index.html - Millennials: Steps for Financial Success | Northwestern Mutual
Pastors and Churches
- Generational Giving Habits: http://www.fellowshipone.com/blog/leveraging-ramifications-generational-giving/
- High Cost of Debt for Ministries: http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/ministry-leadership/finance/1491-the-high-cost-of-debt-in-ministry
- Importance of Church Membership: http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/is-church-membership-really-required/
- Church Bankruptcies: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2013/november-web-only/surprise-inside-church-bankruptcies.html
- Church Bankruptcies Paper (Pamela Foohey): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2219964
- Why Churches are Less Evangelistic: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e900691004213b8049094abdb&id=472e888079&e=ed7bc02419
- Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church Volunteer Handbook - http://www.ocbfchurch.org/images/uploads/ministries/membership/OCBF-Volunteer-Handbook06-12.pdf
- Online Giving
- Why Do So Many Pastors Leave The Ministry? The Facts Will Shock You
Health and Fitness
- Interrupted Sleep? No WOnder You're Moody: http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/robert-rosenberg-sleep-answers/interrupted-sleep-no-wonder-youre-moody/?pos=1&xid=nl_EverydayHealthEmotionalHealth_20151020
- Belly Fat May Hit Your Heart The Hardest: http://www.everydayhealth.com/heart-health/0829/belly-fat-may-hit-your-heart-the-hardest.aspx?pos=1&xid=nl_EverydayHealthHeartHealth_20150930
- Simple Guide to Heart Health: http://www.everydayhealth.com/heart-health/
- Are you fit enough for the Army?: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/10/24/army-says-only-30-percent-of-americans-could-join.html
- Diabetes Video - Dr. Oz: http://www.oprah.com/video_embed.html?article_id=21458
- Lack of Sleep Linked to Stroke: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/47773488
- Life Stress Test: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_82.htm
- Everyday Health Website: http://www.everydayhealth.com/
- Type 2 Diabetes Complications You Can Avoid: http://www.everydayhealth.com/
hs/type-2-diabetes-treatment- diet-exercise/diabetes- complications-you-can-avoid- pictures/#08 - African Americans and Kidney Disease - The National Kidney Foundation
- How Much Sleep Do You Need?: http://www.everydayhealth.com/
sleep/101/how-much-sleep-do- you-need.aspx?pos=1&xid=nl_ EverydayHealthHealthyAging_ 20151228 - 15 Questions for Your Doctor About Type 2 Diabetes
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring Is Essential for Diabetes Management
- 7 Ways Your Body Gets Better With Age
Mental and Emotional Health
- Carol Dweck, "Developing a Growth Mindset": http://youtu.be/hiiEeMN7vbQ
- Change your Mindset, Change the Game: Dr. Alia Crum at TEDxTraverseCity 2014: http://youtu.be/ev65KnPHVUk
- Why Attitude Is More Important Than Intelligence: http://www.entrepreneur.com/
article/253095
How to Respond to Adversity
Great Men In History
Education / Learning
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The Cone of Learning - Edgar Dale - Click for Google Search Results
People Who Make A Difference
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CNN's 2015 Hero of the Year: Maggie Doyne: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/
world/cnn-hero-of-the-year- 2015/
Athletes
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Professional Athletes Go Broke, But Why? | Ed Butowsky: http://youtu.be/b5z3fUKddf4
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The Dumbest Purchases Made By Athletes.. Terrell Owens Bought What?!: http://sportschew.com/dumbest-
purchases-made-by-athletes/9/
Climate Change
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More To Come
Theology and Bible Topics / Christian Lifestyle
- Live Long and Prosper - Jewish Roots: http://www.churchleaders.com/pastors/videos-for-pastors/173175-star-trek-s-live-long-and-prosper-has-jewish-roots-who-knew.html
- Christian vs. Non-Christian Lifestyle Choices: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/american.study.reveals.indulgent.lifestyle.christians.no.different/9439.htm
- What is Lasciviousness?: http://www.gotquestions.org/lasciviousness.html
- Why Churches are Less Evangelistic: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e900691004213b8049094abdb&id=472e888079&e=ed7bc02419
What Some Believe
Books
- The Blessed Life: Unlocking the Rewards of Generous Living - by Robert Morris
- Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward - by Dr. Henry Cloud
- Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health - by Dr. Caroline Leaf
- The Happiness Advantage - by Shawn Anchor
Why Riots Don't Work The Long-Term Negative Effects of Riots How the 1960's Riots Hurt African Americans The Consequences of the 1960's Riots