Health

Finding Heaven in Hard Things 1
- Culture, Education, Featured, Health, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- November 5, 2025
“Is this heaven?” Shoeless Joe Jackson asks Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams. I’ve always loved that line. Growing up on an Iowa farm, we had our own ball field behind our house. My dad built a backstop for my brothers and me long before Kevin Costner ever heard “The Voice.” On summer evenings, Dad would
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Creativity Is the Antidote to AI 0
- Culture, Featured, Health, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- October 30, 2025
I recently had the fun of participating in a choral performance premiering a new oratorio on the life of John Newton, the slave-trader turned Christian minister and writer of the beloved hymn, “Amazing Grace.” One never knows how something new will be received, but when the audience leapt to its feet in a wave at
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Growing Old With Gratitude 21
- Culture, Family, Featured, Health
- October 30, 2025
Now that I’ve spent a few years as what we euphemistically call a senior citizen, I’ve discovered that the autumn of life isn’t so bad. I’ve also learned that all that talk about “old age is not for sissies” is junk. Sissy or not, the years keep on passing. You want to see an example
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The Kennedy-Hegseth Fitness Challenge Is the Answer to the Body Positivity Movement 42
- Featured, Health, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- August 22, 2025
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is teaming up with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to start what they’re calling the “Pete and Bobby Challenge.” Anyone who accepts the challenge must complete 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in under five minutes. Whether or not the challenge really gains steam and “makes America
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Running Through Walls 19
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Health, Uncategorized
- July 8, 2025
“My heart feels like it’s going to jump out of my chest!” Eric yelled out as he stopped short of the finish line. “What?” “My heart! It’s never felt like that before! That’s why I stopped!” We were running laps after his indoor baseball practice. I was frustrated with his sprints during conditioning at the
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To V*ccinate or Not? Seeking Cooler Heads in the V*x Conversation 10
- Culture, Featured, Health, MomThink
- December 13, 2024
Would you like to spend your evenings pulling out your hair? Do you have a sadistic streak? Have you ever considered Chinese water torture as a pastime? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then researching both sides of the vaccine debate may be just the thing for you. Talk about a contentious and
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