Month: February 2022

Top Ways to Reduce Daily Stress

Try these tips to ward off ongoing stress and its many health risks, such as chronic inflammation and chronic disease. Do you handle stress as well as you used to? For most folks, it gets harder as the years go by–and that’s a potential problem for health. Stress increases the risks for chronic disease, to…


Bach’s Inspiration | Premiering on Feb. 26, 5 PM ET

Besides being the baroque era’s greatest organist and composer, and one of the most productive geniuses in the history of Western music, Bach was also a theologian whose expression of inspiration was music. Nearly three- fourths of his 1,000 compositions were written for use in worship, and Bach’s deep religious faith could be found even…


Sean Penn in Ukraine Filming Documentary About Russian Invasion: Government

Actor and director Sean Penn is in Ukraine filming a documentary amid the invasion by the Russian military, the Ukrainian government said. “The director specially came to Kyiv to record all the events that are currently happening in Ukraine and to tell the world the truth about Russia’s invasion of our country,” the Ukrainian government…


You Have Permission to Like Yourself

Is there someone in your life who frequently critiques you, and often points out what you’re doing or have done wrong, and how you should improve? Is there someone close to you who gives you the feeling that maybe they don’t quite like you as you are? We all know people who seem to know…


Film Review: ‘Servants:’ Noir Cold War Thriller

The Bible cautions Christians that they cannot serve two masters (see Matthew 6:24), but the state-sponsored Catholic organization Pacem in Terris (PiT) instructed member clergy to do exactly that in Czechoslovakia under communism. Adopting the language of the international peace movement, the ostensibly religious body was really a means for the state to monitor and…


Kelly’s Senate Race Could Act as a Referendum on Kyrsten Sinema’s Moderate Policies

News Analysis While Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is not up for reelection this year, her colleague Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is. The contrast between the two is stark, and Arizona voters will be left to decide if Kelly’s left-leaning progressive policies are too radical for the red-leaning swing state when compared to Sinema’s centrist policies….


Child Advocacy Group Pleads With Lawmakers to Protect Children From ‘Sexually Explicit Material’ and ‘Gender Indoctrination’

As time runs out on the legislative calendar, a child advocacy group is pleading with Florida lawmakers to pass two bills designed to protect public-school children from “sexually explicit material and age-inappropriate gender indoctrination.” In an open letter to State House Speaker Chris Sprowls (R-Fla.) and state Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Fla.), the Florida Citizens…


Pentagon: Russians ‘Decapitating’ Ukraine in Multi-Step Attack

A U.S. Department of Defense official said Western intelligence believes Russia is trying to decapitate the government of Ukraine and seek to install their own officials to take charge of the country. “It’s our assessment that [Russian forces] have every intention of basically, decapitating the government and installing their own method of governance, which would…


9 Foods That Calm Your Nerves In Turbulent Times

Many of us operate in high gear much of the day, putting out small (and large) fires, juggling schedules, dealing with traffic, and generally trying to keep our lives and that of our families in order. Even when our days and nights aren’t streaming at a high speed, levels of the stress hormone cortisol can…


Authorities Seek Powers To Set up ‘Buffer Zones’ To Stop Anti-Vaccine Protests At Schools

On Monday, Home Secretary Priti Patel backed an amendment from the House of Lords to the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill that would enable a local authority to quickly establish a ‘buffer zone’ around schools that have had ‘anti-vaxxers’ protests. “She will point out to MPs the irony of recognising the significant harm that…