This study was mentioned in John Ed Mathison's "Got a Minute," 325 daily meditations. He's a retired Methodist pastor who was at Lakeside in 2021, and I attended his morning sermons. I bought this little book and have been using it for the opening meditations at the Lakeside Women's Club which meets at 1:30 on Tuesday. I try to pick something that's appropriate for the day's program. Any program about Lakeside would good for a study on napping. I see a lot of it-- on the hotel porch, on park benches, on towels in the sun and I have a nap almost every day.
John Ed says on p. 326, "a brief nap is healthy in releasing stress. The Bible teaches about stress, anxiety, and good health. I challenge you to put a 5 minute nap together with a reflection on what the Bible teaches. It might be off the chart how much healthier you could be!"
John Ed usually doesn't give complete citations--after all, these meditations are on phone apps or radio announcements, and I like to think they are reaching people that churches don't, or someone who maybe has a church family but needs a little boost. That's what librarians are for--we are finders so you can be keepers. That's why I give you the link to the research. And a copy of a painting I did years ago of a napper on the porch of Hotel Lakeside.
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