Josh Benner

Category: Commentary

  • What great coaches can teach us about life

    Relentless effort (not talent or intelligence) is the key to achieving great things in your life. Struggle is part of the process. It is hard and often painful. But it’s also necessary, because it’s in the struggle that great things are achieved. -Urban Meyer, in Above the Line Tonight, one of the greatest college football coaches…

  • The only resolution that matters for 2019

    Originally published December 31, 2014 At the beginning of each year, millions of Americans make new year’s resolutions. Common resolutions include eating healthier, saving more money, quitting smoking, or learning a new skill. All of those are great things. But the reason why we create new year’s resolutions is because there are areas in our…

  • Best of 2018. #1 Researchers troll academic journals with ridiculous hoax papers, they still get published

    As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year.  A trio of concerned academics has published seven intentionally absurd papers in leading scholarly journals as part of an investigation to expose extreme bias in fields that study race, gender, sexuality, and other politically-charged topics. The trio say the papers,…

  • Best of 2018. #2 Bring your fussy child to church day

    As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year.  Christian comedian John Crist shared this photo on Instagram this weekend that’s gone viral. The photo is a card from a church, apparently meant to be distributed to parents of fussy children, instructing them that a “connection team…

  • Best of 2018. #3 Cell phones and the cost of reliving the moment

    As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year.  Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to relive the moment that we don’t really live it the first time.