Charles Stone, DMin, PhD

I coach and equip leaders to effectively navigate their unique challenges by blending biblical principles with cutting-edge brain-based practices.

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

A fun video of my wife and I opening the box containing my eighth book, Stress Less: 9 Habits from the Bible and Brain Science to Build Resilience and Reduce Anxiety:)

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Want better sleep?

Start with your wake-up time.

A fairly consistent wake time helps stabilize your body clock.

And when sleep gets irregular, attention, memory, creativity, and emotional control often suffer.

Simple habits matter.

#Sleep #insomnia

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Your brain takes out the trash while you sleep.

Deep sleep helps clear metabolic waste, restore attention, and regulate emotion.

Psalm 4:8 says, “In peace I will lie down and sleep…”

Sleep is not just rest.

It is nightly restoration.

God is awake.

You can sleep.

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

https://t.co/cYr6zfa6rm

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

This is hilarious!

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

God designed the body to need rest.

Fatigue is not a design flaw. It is a reminder that we are creatures, not the Creator.

Sleep restores the brain. Rest steadies the soul.

To honor your limits is not weakness.

It is wisdom.

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Sleep is not laziness.

Psalm 127:2 says God “grants sleep to those he loves.”

Neuroscience shows that chronic hurry keeps the brain on alert through stress chemistry and rumination.

Spiritually, sleep says: “God is awake, so I don’t have to be.”
Rest is trust.

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Better sleep often starts with a consistent wake-up time, not just an earlier bedtime.

Your brain’s circadian clock loves rhythm.

Morning light + a steady wake time can improve alertness by day and sleep by night.

God designed us with rhythms for a reason. #Sleep #insomnia

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Poor sleep doesn’t just make you tired. It often makes you more reactive.

When sleep is short, patience shrinks, impulses rise, and small frustrations feel bigger.

That’s not only spiritual. It’s neurological.
A rested mind is often a steadier mind.

James 1:19
#Sleep #anxiety

[Enezator @Enezator]

Breaking news! A pack of dogs targeted a man lying on the ground. 🚨

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

While you sleep, your brain cleans itself.
It's called the glymphatic system and it clears waste during deep sleep.
No sleep → less cleaning → more brain fog.
Sleep isn’t passive.
It’s nightly maintenance.
Make sure you get enough.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 JUST IN: Pete Hegseth delivers a POWERFUL message about how God saved our F-15 WSO

"When he was finally able to activate his emergency transponder, his first message was simple. And it was powerful. He sent a message: "GOD is good'"

"Shot down on a Friday. Good Friday. Hidden in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday. And rescued on Sunday. Flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday. A pilot reborn, all home and accounted for, a nation rejoicing. God is good." 🙏🏻🇺🇸

[Roxy @Roxy6_]

🤣🤣😂

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

These Artemis II moon views are simply amazing!

[Charles Stone, DMin, PhD @charlesstone]

Why Anxiety Ruins Sleep

Anxiety tells you, “Stay alert.”

Sleep requires you to hear, “You are safe enough to let go.”

Ps 4:8 says, “In peace I will lie down and sleep...”

That is not denial. It is trust.

So:
-write down worries
-breathe slowly
-stop solving tomorrow in bed

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

As Easter is here…one of my favourite hymns.

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Oxford University researchers have discovered the densest element yet known to science...

The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called pillocks.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert.

However, it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 to 6 years.

It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganisation in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganisation will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.

This hypothetical quantity is referred to as a critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (symbol=Ad), an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium, since it has half as many pillocks but twice as many morons.

[Spill The Memes @SpillTheMemes]

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[mariana Z @mariana057]

A ship from China carrying yo-yo’s sank 6 times yesterday.

[Johnny Cadillac @lippyent]

I knew it!

[Doc  @DocAtCDI]

A baby's laughter can be the most beautiful sound you will ever hear.
Unless it's 3 a.m.
And you're home alone.
And you don't have a baby.