We nixed the name “Fellowship Hall.” Our church purchased the building three years ago. “Fellowship Hall” had been the name we inherited for the other big room. Recently, in the process of doing some renovations, we needed to formalize a name for each room. The sign now reads, “Chapel.” The word fellowship has fallen on…
We know marriage is hard. We all learn that by the second week. But there are different kinds of hard. There is hard and hopeful, and there is hard and hopeless. The most difficult marriage, of course, is the one that is hard, distant, and with little reason to think it will change. In some…
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is collaborating with Seoul, South Korea-based ASLEEP Inc to identify opportunities that can advance sleep health in South Korea and beyond through increased awareness and education. While based in the United States, NSF’s research and education have been used in multiple global markets to help increase understanding about the importance…
A dearth of pediatric data collected using artificial intelligence (AI) tools could compromise the understanding of early sleep patterns and lead to misdiagnosis of sleep disorders in children, according to a study published in Sleep Medicine. “Sleep stages are primarily determined by analyzing the brain waves during sleep, which traditionally is done manually (or semi-automated),”…
On some nights, as the lights go off and the house grows quiet, a restful hush seems to descend on everything around us — but not on us. We lie on our bed like Gideon’s fleece, the only dry spot in a world bedewed with sleep. A thousand thoughts may keep us awake when all…
Audio Transcript Good Friday, everyone. On this podcast we regularly take questions about how the early church did things. And then we ask what practices that we read about in our Bibles are directly transferable to our local churches today. Within that category would fit today’s email from a listener named Robbie in Kentucky. “Pastor…
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have linked longer naps to poorer health outcomes, including higher blood pressure and body mass index. The researchers assessed more than 3,000 adults from a Mediterranean population—where midday naps, or siestas, are common—examining the relationship of naps and nap duration with obesity and metabolic syndrome. They found that those…
A new machine-learning method could help us gauge the time of our internal body clock, helping us make better health decisions, including when and how long to sleep, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  The research, conducted by the University of Surrey and the University of Groningen,…
Even while we are sleeping, the brain does not rest completely. Surprisingly, the blood flow in a sleeping brain can be greater than when it is in a wakeful state. This allows the brain to remove waste metabolites, which is important to prevent the development and progression of neurological dysfunctions such as dementia. However, the…
April 27, 2023 • Research Highlight Autism screening in the first two years of life is an essential tool for ensuring that children and families have access to appropriate supports and services as early as possible. Although effective screening tools are available, researchers are exploring new approaches that could help make early screening more accurate…