by Mark Edge | Feb 20, 2025 | Emotional Health, Employee Productivity, Spiritual Health
I want to tell you a story about a very sick boy. There were times when his lungs would constrict so much that he could barely breathe. Often, at night, his father would have to carry him as he struggled to catch his breath. This boy was short, thin, and sickly. His...
by Mark Edge | Feb 6, 2025 | Emotional Health, Spiritual Health
I recently watched a documentary about a woman who married at 18, gave birth to a baby boy at 19, divorced at 25, and lost her only child when she was 43. During her second marriage, she also suffered a miscarriage. In that ordeal, she was diagnosed with type 1...
by Mark Edge | Dec 20, 2024 | Emotional Health
An old story* goes like this. A guy climbs into an Uber to take him to the airport. The Uber was driving in the right lane when, suddenly, a car pulled out in front. The Uber driver hit the brakes, and his vehicle skidded and barely avoided hitting the car. The...
by Mark Edge | Oct 4, 2024 | Emotional Health
Perhaps you have heard me say that worry is a form of idolatry. Worry is a self-prayer: “Self, you can solve this problem. Self, there has to be a solution. Self…” On a recent podcast, I heard an interview with Dr. David Rosmarin, an associate...
by Mark Edge | Sep 20, 2024 | Emotional Health
As baseball season winds down, I am reminded of one of my favorite stories. It seems that a man stopped to watch a Little League Baseball game. He asked one of the youngsters what the score was. “We’re behind 18 to nothing,” the kid answered....
by Mark Edge | Sep 13, 2024 | Emotional Health, Spiritual Health
One hundred years ago,* the bodies of two men were pulled from the Hudson River near New York City on the same day. One was a poor man who had won $5000 in a sweepstakes contest. He had gone on a spending spree and spent it all. The other body was that of a wealthy...
