LIFESTYLE

When his wife of 41 years died of skin cancer in 2012, David Hoskins packed up and moved in with his daughter to nearby Hazard, Kentucky. Hoskins didn’t take much with him, but he kept two things: the last can of coffee his wife Karen bought before she got sick and the spoon she used to stir her coffee every ...

A young man is in hospital after being viciously stabbed in an ambush by a woman he met online. The attacker and two of her friends attacked the man inside his car, leaving him bleeding heavily and begging for help. Following the brutal attack the man was left for dead on a footpath. “I’m dying,” he could be heard crying. ...

I can’t tell pastors today how difficult it was when I was a pastor. To the contrary, I have to be honest and tell them it is more difficult now. All three of my sons went into vocational ministry after serving in the business world. One of them is in seminary administration and two of them are pastors. I never ...

By almost any metric, the churches in our nation are much less evangelistic today than they were in the recent past. In my own denomination, we are reaching non-Christians only half as effectively as we were 50 years ago (we measure membership to annual baptisms). The trend is disturbing. We certainly see the pattern in the early church where “every ...

Of the books that journalists and historians have written on the life of Barack Obama, three stand out so far. In “Barack Obama: The Story,” David Maraniss shows us who Obama is. In “Reading Obama,” James T. Kloppenberg explains how Obama thinks. In “The Bridge,” David Remnick tells us what Obama means. Now, in a probing new biography, “Rising Star,” ...

Insecurities have a way of interfering with our lives in very inconvenient and sometimes frustrating ways. This is why the need to deal with them can’t be overemphasized. Jumia Travel and Jumia Mobile Week share 6 ways to successfully deal with insecurities. Vocalize Your Self-Critical Thoughts The primary fuel for insecurities is the critical inner voice people have formed concerning ...

Perhaps we should rethink viral videos as educational material. These wondrous clips are constantly exposing us to new possibilities. For example, I had no idea it was possible to make yourself sneeze. And I definitely had no idea that forcing yourself to do it repeatedly was a thing people do on the internet. This Japanese dude, known only as Tan, ...

If you’re dreaming about a week on a beach this summer, you’re not alone. In fact, a third of adults say they’re more likely to take a trip this year than in 2016, according to AAA. With more people expected to hit the road — or seas or skies — this year, proper planning is more important than ever. Follow ...

I kept asking myself the moment I saw my name among the list of volunteers on the desk. For a girl like me it seemed to be ‘crazy’. I grew up never liking it and for reasons I’m not so sure of anymore. Maybe it was just for the mere fact that it appeared aggressive and time wasting. Thinking and ...

Look, it happens. You start off doing one harmless Google search of someone (you know, just to make sure they’re not a serial killer or something) and then suddenly you’ve blacked out and woken up in the matrix, surrounded by his social security number, blood type, mother’s maiden name, and other info you can never unsee! Here, a non-exhaustive list ...