Measuring grace is challenging. Prior research found the Grace Scale (GS), Richmont Grace Scale (RGS), and The Amazing Grace Scale (TAGS) to be reliable, have promising convergent and divergent validity, and to inter-correlate strongly. However, they may tap different constructs, or grace may be multidimensional (Bufford, Blackburn, Sisemore, & Bassett, 2015). Here two exploratory factor analyses of the combined items showed five factors: experiencing God's grace, costly grace, grace to self, grace from others, and grace to others, partially paralleling Watson, Chen and Sisemore (2011). Items from all three scales loaded on Factor 1, only items from the RGS loaded on Factor 2. The remaining factors were mostly GS items and a few RGS items. The three scales measure somewhat different constructs. Preliminary validity for the five factors is promising. Regressions showed that combinations of the other four proposed scales accounted for at most about one third of the variance on any given grace factor. The five factors showed different patterns of relationships to criterion variables. We propose a 36 item Dimensions of Grace Scale combining items from all three scales for further exploration.

Grace is an interesting and potentially significant domain within positive psychology, but remains largely neglected. The present study examined the relationships among three known grace scales to evaluate the potential for creating a stronger single measure. It also explored their relationships to several other religious/spiritual measures to examine whether the three scales are measuring the same construct, to explore the implications for our understanding of grace, and to provide insights for further study. The three measures had moderately strong correlations with each other (r = .55 to .66), had similar relationships to other measures of religion/spirituality, and had distinct relationships to measures of psychological health and distress. This suggested that the three scales measure somewhat different constructs. Two grace scales showed significant negative skew, indicating ceiling problems. Differences in the underlying grace constructs, contamination by other concepts, or an underlying multidimensional structure for grace could account for these differences. Further study should better articulate the constructs underlying grace measures, address problems related to negative skew in responses, and clarify whether grace is multidimensional.

In a culture that values availability, productivity, and speed, a strong work ethic is honored and rewarded. Hard work is seen as virtuous, while rest is given little attention. However, Scripture notes the value of rhythmic, intentional rest practices (i.e., Sabbath-keeping) and cultivation of a Sabbath heart. This article explores the value in rest that attends to enjoying, worshipping, and receiving from God outside of the world of performance and productivity. Consideration is given to the ways that both our culture and profession present major barriers to embracing this virtuous rest for mental health professionals. A brief survey of those with training in a mental health field who profess a Judeo-Christian worldview was conducted. Results showed that those who identified themselves as Sabbath-keepers were significantly more satisfied with the amount and quality of their rest than those who did not identify as Sabbath keepers. Future research implications are discussed. "Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28, New International Version). The concepts of the Protestant work ethic, a selfmade man, and the American Dream are central aspirations in our culture. Hard work is praised, honored, and rewarded within the family, church, and workplace. Achievements and accomplishments, resumes and curriculum vitae, and paychecks and performance bonuses often result in hectic, overly full schedules and an anxious, overwhelmed population. People are more productive (International Labour Organization, 2007) and more driven to accomplish than at any other time in history. While work seems to be a cultural virtue, rest is often discussed as a means to recharge in order to do more work-or sometimes simply as a strategy to avoid burnout-most notably in people-helping profes

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Increasingly, physical anthropology is seeing the use of a variety of digital technologies to capture, describe and analyse skeletal elements. The last ten years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of publications undertaking validations of osteological techniques using CT (computed tomography) data and/or virtual models. In the last few years, with the increasing availability of relatively low cost technological approaches to rapid prototyping, especially 3D printing (3DP), production of bone replicas has gained popularity. However, no studies have explored the relative congruence of methods on real, virtual and 3DP models. This paper presents the results of a study to explore congruency in metric and morphological methods for determination of sex from the human hipbone. Intra-and inter-observer agreement between real, 3D virtual models and 3DP models is assessed using the Kappa statistic. Implications for future osteological studies are discussed.