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Rev. W. O. Taylor, 91, was the oldest man attending the Southern Baptist Convention a few years ago. At the annual free breakfast for retirees, Brother Taylor rose and recited his own alliterative version of the parable of the prodigal son, which he entitled "The Final Fixing of the Foolish Fugitive"

Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could…

R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God

THE IDEAL WIFE Always beautiful and cheerful. Could have married movie stars but wanted only you. Beauty that won’t run in a rainstorm. Never sick. Just allergic to jewelry and fur coats. Insists that moving furniture by herself is good for her figure. Expert in cooking, cleaning the house, fixing the…

5/2/2004 A 70-year-old grandfather was asked by his young grandson how things have changed since he was a kid. His reply is worth reading. "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There weren't things…

Clinical Psychologist Karra Harrington said, “Maintaining high quality relationships may be a key for protecting brain health from the negative impacts of loneliness. Older adults who feel more satisfied in their relationships have a 23% lower risk of dementia, while those who feel their relationships…

A researcher with the Cleveland Clinic said there is a lot of evidence suggesting that is a connection between what people eat and how they feel. Dietician Kristin Kirkpatrick said foods are colorful and fruits or vegetable tend to boost the mood. Kirkpatrick said when time are hard, people tend to turn…

Joel Salinas, MD, the Lulu P. and David J. Levidow Assistant Professor of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and member of the Department of Neurology’s Center for Cognitive Neurology says, “But today, right now, you can ask yourself if you truly have someone available to listen to you in a…

A new study by the National Institute of Health has found that young people who are heavy users of smart phones, tablets, and video game produce brain scans that look different from those who are less active screen users. Scientists say the findings are the first scans of 4,500 nine and ten year olds…

New research shows that, as enjoyable as it might be, complaining is not good for us. Repeated complaining rewires your brain to make future complaining more likely and over time it causes damage to certain areas of your brain. Complaining indirectly contributes to health problems like high blood pressure,…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “For some time now, scientists have known that using social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can be addictive. Every time someone’s phone pings…

The most common way to think about getting enough rest is getting enough sleep. However medical internist Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith said the idea of rest should be considered more like the word ‘restoration’ which is vital to many different areas of life. For Dalton-Smith, rest encompasses physical mental…

A study conducted by the University of Sussex found the people are more likely to overeat when multi-tasking. Researchers said their findings show the more the brain locks on something, such as watching television or a movie, the less it can tell when it is time to stop eating. Researchers examined 120…

Maga Denes, a psychiatrist who survived the holocaust says that Nazis forced her brother into the Danube River and then executed him. She describes the scene in an abortion clinic with the same force she saw in the killing fields of WW II. “I have seen brains spilled on sidewalks and crushed forever…

A study funded by health care insurer Cigna found that fifty-eight percent of 20,000 American reported feeling lonely in 2018. The following year, the number had increased to sixty-one percent prompted chief medical officer Doug Nemecek to say that loneliness is at epidemic proportions, and the coronavirus…

Research indicates that the position you sleep in affect overall health. The study found that 47% of Americans sleep in the fetal position which rests the spine and helps clear waste in the brain that contributes to the development of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. Sleeping on your side in the log…

Joey Hale has worked at the Valleydale Village grocery in Shelby County, Alabama for 16 years. People in the community know he is an expert bagger, but they also know he is a positive presence at the store. Customers said they can always expect a smile and funny remark from Joey. Even though he likes…

In the Spring of 2018 the Internet community was debating whether the robotic voice was saying “Yanny or Laurel?” Some people heard one thing, and others heard another. As it turns out, the voice was saying both. It was saying “Yanny” in a higher pitch, and “Laurel” in a lower one. According to “It’s…

Since rumors of a fountain of youth surfaced centuries ago, humans have been looking for a way to live forever. A new high-tech attempt is linking your brain to a computer, creating a digital replica, and uploading it to the computer. You enter a booth, scan and upload your mind to a server, then download…

Dr. Joshua Brown, a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University and his colleague, Dr. Joel Wong, an associate professor of counseling psychology at Indiana University set out to answer one question. How can they help clients derive the greatest possible benefit from treatment…

A cardiologist at the University of Missouri said his research indicates that a big smile might be the first step in keeping stress and its associated consequences under control. According to Dr. Anand Chockalingam said a smile leads to a relaxation response in the body, which lowers blood pressure and…

I’d like to read to you some posts that were daily updates from a family whose daughter, Kayleigh, was fighting brain tumors. They were made while they were waiting for their 7-year-old daughter to die. These are the words of Kayleigh’s mother, ‘Carrow. “Being human is a difficult thing. Kayleigh's distress…

A new study has found that people who are addicted to their cell phones experience chemical changes in the brain, which can lead to anxiety, depression, and insomnia. In the study researchers examined the brains of 19 internet addicted people and 19 non-addicted people and found the addicted people showed…

The editors of the magazine The Week published a year end list of things to avoid next year. They give reasons to avoid ibuprofen, grilled food, neck ties, (they restrict blood flow to your brain) disinfectants, bottled water, and staying up late. One of the most interesting things to avoid was following…

The so-called experts, whoever they are, gave us a list of things that are good for us. Things like organic foods, saunas, full-fat dairy, to-do lists, leg exercises, and turmeric. One thing that is good for us that is even more surprising than the above is holding hands. The University of Colorado tells…