This Week's Recommendations

  1. Almost a quarter of the world feels lonelyEllyn Maese shares, “Global results indicate that the lowest rates of feeling lonely are reported among older adults (aged 65 and older), with 17% feeling very or fairly lonely, while the highest rates of feeling lonely are reported among young adults (aged 19 to 29), with 27% feeling very or fairly lonely.”

  2. Q&A about assisted reproductive suicideAaron and Jennifer Wilson tackle some difficult issues here, “In the United States alone, there is an estimated surplus of 1 to 1.3 million human embryos—many of whom are available to be adopted.”

  3. Footsteps leftAndrea Sanborn, “I stood on those same smooth rocks, overcome with gratitude for the footsteps those three men left behind them that led me to this place. And I wondered: what footsteps am I leaving for those who come after?”

  4. How do you see people? Sylvia Schroeder reflects, “How grateful I am that God sees past all the labels which could be attached to my being, and gazes deep within to where a forgiven grandma finds a striking resemblance in a simple drawing.”

  5. Can you guess the artwork? Fun little exercise by Google Arts.

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