The next time you settle down with a good book, you could be increasing your longevity.


According to a landmark Yale study, avid readers outlived nonreaders by almost two years.


But a good book offers far more than just physical longevity.


In her insightful article Do Great Readers Live Longer? Dr. Barbara Golder explores how reading increases not only the duration of our lives but their abundance.


She unpacks how reading leads to . . .

  • Mental and cognitive protection

  • Enhanced empathy and connection

  • Deeper spiritual formation

  • Greater intellectual humility


Read the full article at institute.wordonfire.org/do-great-readers-live-longer. 
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