A Scientific Look At Speaking In Tongues
Posted by: Denelle
This weekend, nestled inside our church bulletin, was a reproduction of an article from the New York Times (you can find an all access copy here) which detailed a recent study on the correlation between speaking in tongues and the brain's functions.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studied the brain images of five women while they spoke in tongues and found:
Additionally:
I think it is interesting that they're just discovering what we could have told them all along. And look, Kent's right, we are turning up more often in the press.
AIMing High
So I'm totally jealous of David and his family as they travel to Ireland this week. Being an AIMer has always been something I have longed to do and Ireland is an incredible country.
David, I'll keep you all in my prayers this week and hope that everything falls into place for you all. Hopefully, you will be able to get in some blogging or at least take some fabulous pictures to post when you return.
And Finally
I can't believe that I've managed not to say anything on here about the break-up cheered round the world. Last week Britney Spears officially filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline. And to that news I have to add my voice and say . . . THANK GOD.
I am not a big Britney fan. In fact, I really don't care for her at all. However, I think even those that loathed her longed for her to wake up and realize how unhealthy her realtionship was and how it was slowly choking the life out of her. She's certainly seems to have returned to the bubbly, happy person she was before 2004. Hopefully now at least her children can be raised without the hard partying influence that Kevin is known for.
I wish you well Brit! Now if we can just convince you to start wearing clothes that cover all of your body again.
This weekend, nestled inside our church bulletin, was a reproduction of an article from the New York Times (you can find an all access copy here) which detailed a recent study on the correlation between speaking in tongues and the brain's functions.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania studied the brain images of five women while they spoke in tongues and found:
that their frontal lobes — the thinking, willful part of the brain through which people control what they do — were relatively quiet, as were the language enters.
Additionally:
studies suggest that people who speak in tongues rarely suffer from mental problems . . . and were more emotionally stable than those who did not
I think it is interesting that they're just discovering what we could have told them all along. And look, Kent's right, we are turning up more often in the press.
AIMing High
So I'm totally jealous of David and his family as they travel to Ireland this week. Being an AIMer has always been something I have longed to do and Ireland is an incredible country.
David, I'll keep you all in my prayers this week and hope that everything falls into place for you all. Hopefully, you will be able to get in some blogging or at least take some fabulous pictures to post when you return.
And Finally
I can't believe that I've managed not to say anything on here about the break-up cheered round the world. Last week Britney Spears officially filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline. And to that news I have to add my voice and say . . . THANK GOD.
I am not a big Britney fan. In fact, I really don't care for her at all. However, I think even those that loathed her longed for her to wake up and realize how unhealthy her realtionship was and how it was slowly choking the life out of her. She's certainly seems to have returned to the bubbly, happy person she was before 2004. Hopefully now at least her children can be raised without the hard partying influence that Kevin is known for.
I wish you well Brit! Now if we can just convince you to start wearing clothes that cover all of your body again.
