Are you getting enough rest in your life? Ask yourself the following: Do I get sufficient physical rest? That includes finding the right balance of exercise and sleep, invigorating activity as well as restful, rejuvenating times.

However difficult it may be at times to have faith and to act like it, being a disciple never calls for more than people can handle. And what seems hard at first becomes easy; what feels like a burden becomes light.

There's a saying in Haiti that sums up many conversations there: Life is hard, but God is good. Coming from a community that's among the poorest on the planet, it's a statement of faith that inspires wonder.

When Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge showed up on the first day of class at a remote primary school in Kenya's Rift Valley, he found himself among hundreds of children jostling for admission. What made him different was that he was 84-years-old.

The average work week for most Americans is 46 hours, although 38 percent of respondents in a National Sleep Foundation study admitted they work more than 50 hours per week.

On the eve of the Fourth of July as celebrations are under way, I have a confession to make: I am not very fond of parades. There is nothing more boring for me than to stand on the sidelines as floats and bands pass by.

In the Old Westerns, when the lawman confronts the desperado one of them will say, "This town ain't big enough for the two of us!" That's true for faith and fear as well.

Merciful God, we turn to you in the hope that we may better praise, bless, and give you thanks.

If you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For Saint Paul, flesh and body are not the same, though we tend to hear it that way.

Let us . . . acquire that meekness of him who said, "Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart," so that he may teach us his ways and cause us to rest in the kingdom of heaven. --Evagrius Ponticus (c. 345-399)