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What Speaking in Tongues Does to Your Brain

Speaking in tongues has long been seen as a spiritual mystery — but neuroscience is beginning to explain what’s really happening. Brain scans reveal unique patterns of language processing, control, ...
While we're all familiar with making our voices go high-pitched at a birthday party after grabbing a helium balloon, one man has demonstrated the opposite effect. Cody, who regularly shares ...
Many see the controversial practice as a 'gift from God.' March 20, 2007— -- Speaking in tongues is a controversial practice to many Christians, but others consider it a gift from God. And many ...
Disclaimer: The views and interpretations expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect ...
A social media video that captures a kitten 'speaking in tongues' after being caught eating potatoes has left the internet in hysterics. The viral video, which has been viewed more than 3.2 million ...
President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court may rouse debate over the dubious Christian practice of “speaking in tongues,” or glossalalia. She’s a fervent Catholic who ...
Mental health and suicide have been in the news a lot of late, although sometimes the media is lacking sensitivity in the language used to talk about these important topics. Recently, country music ...
(RNS) — Michael Paul Corder says he “cut his teeth” praying in public by going around to grocery stores and striking up conversations, asking folks if they wanted to pray. But even in the Bible Belt ...
The early Christians were much impressed by the phenomenon known as glossolalia (literally, “speaking with tongues”), which appeared at the first Pentecost: “And they were all filled with the Holy ...
The South African author J.M. Coetzee, now 85 years old, is renowned for his austere, intellectually rigorous novels such as “Disgrace” (1999) and “The Childhood of Jesus” (2013), and his scrupulous ...