By Cali Bahrenfuss, CCSH, RPSGT When starting my career as a sleep tech, I didn’t put much thought into the sleep-wake implications of being an overnight employee. Despite my expertise in sleep, I assumed being exhausted was unavoidable when doing shift work and that I was doomed to experience insomnia even when I had the…
The Coopérative des techniciens ambulanciers de la Montérégie (CETAM) in Canada is following in the footsteps of its colleagues in the police departments of several municipalities, including Montreal and St-Jérôme, by offering its members unlimited free access to the services of HALEO, a professional virtual sleep clinic. This partnership gives CETAM employees unlimited access to…
By Todd Jones, Mississippi State University; Benjamin Cowan, Washington State University, and Jeff Swigert, Southern Utah University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Moms of school-age children get significantly less sleep during the school year than during the summer. We are economists who specialize in education and…
As C.S. Lewis ended his lecture on petitionary prayer, he asked his audience of clergymen a question: “How am I to pray this very night?” He did not know. “I have no answer to my problem, though I have taken it to about every Christian I know, learned or simple, lay or clerical, within my…
Decision-making is primarily about discernment. It’s the ability to make decisions that align with God’s will for your life and ministry. The truth is – discernment is an art. It takes practice, attention, and a lifetime to develop. But if there is one core practice that is the foundation of discernment, it is learning to…