By Andy Hale We’ve officially been under the various degrees of pandemic mandates for over a year. My wife and I were flying home from DC when everything began to shut down. We had just wrapped up CBF’s Advocacy in Action conference. Many strains were felt from this pandemic, from dramatic changes to work to … Continue reading
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Get your ZZZs
By Laura Stephens-Reed Back before Christmas, the website Masterclass was offering a two-for-one membership deal. The opportunity to learn about any subject I could imagine was more than my inner nerd could pass up. I can virtually sit at the feet of experts in the arts, sciences, athletics, history, and more. A neuroscientist is currently … Continue reading
CBF Podcast: Kara Powell, Faith in an Anxious World
By Andy Hale “When I was a kid, we had to walk to school in the snow, over three mountains, and with grizzly bears on the loose,” we have all had that conversation before with our parents and grandparents. Every generation thinks they had it more challenging than the generation after them. And yet, this … Continue reading
Drowning in an Ocean of Depression: A Conversation with Ryan Noel Fraser
By Andy Hale Over the past two decades, the use of antidepressants has skyrocketed. One in six Americans now takes an antidepressant medication. Nearly 40% of Americans reported in 2018 that they were more anxious than in the years past. Almost 18% of the American population has an anxiety disorder. Three out of four Americans … Continue reading