Arts Insider: BACH+ – The First Annual Epiphanytide Concert

by Gioia Patton/Arts Insider WHEN: Sunday, January 26, 2025 @ 3:00pm. WHERE: Second Presbyterian Church, 3701 Old Brownsboro Rd., Louisville, KY **Admission is FREE thanks to generous donors to this Concert Series. A freewill offering will be collected to benefit their mission partner Bellewood and Brooklawn. A reception will follow. “The Concert Series at Second Presbyterian Church was begun many years ago as a way to reach the wider community of Louisville with music that both engages the mind and stirs the spirit,” explains Jim Rittenhouse, Director of Worship & Music Ministry at [...]

Is Compassion Declining in America? The Muhammad Ali Center’s Bold New Report Uncovers the Truth

The Muhammad Ali Center has released "The 2025 Compassion Report," a groundbreaking study examining the state of compassion in America. Launched to honor what would have been Muhammad Ali’s 83rd birthday, the report shines a spotlight on the cultural and behavioral factors shaping compassion today—from self-care to politics—and how they impact communities nationwide. Key findings reveal a troubling decline in compassion, with 61% of Americans reporting a decrease over the last four years and significant polarization affecting empathy levels. Despite these challenges, there’s a surge in public interest, with compassion-related online searches increasing [...]

Mind Control: The New Frontier of The Mind-Body Connection

Shutterstock Yogi, writer and November Today’s Woman cover model Nancy Deville explains that the key to changing your life in 2023 is learning to control your mind. Written by Nancy Deville The term “mind control” conjures up images of sci-fi movies or suspicious tales of enemy governments. Actually, over 2,000 years ago, Siddhartha Gautama (who is known as the Buddha, and is the founder of Buddhism), introduced mind control when he said, “The mind is everything. What you think you become.”  Thanks to epigenetics—the study of how behaviors and environment affect genetic destiny—we [...]

By |2023-01-10T18:23:02-05:00January 5, 2023|Community & Sisterhood, The Weigh In|

Rest is a Revolutionary Act

Writer, poet, activist and 2022 Today’s Woman Most Admired Woman explains why rest is more than a form of self-care but a radical act of defiance especially for Black women. Written by Hannah L. Drake | Illustration by Branden Barker Recently, I watched Grammy award-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion perform her song “Anxiety” on Saturday Night Live. She looked stunning, standing at the microphone in a full-length red bedazzled ballgown, her hair in a stylish updo, not one curl out of place, her makeup flawless. The scene resembled a beauty pageant with her background dancers outfitted in [...]

By |2022-12-05T14:31:14-05:00December 5, 2022|Community & Sisterhood, The Weigh In|

The Year of the Woman

A Midterms Breakdown Written by Terrance A. Sullivan, J.D. | Illustration by Branden Barker The 2022 midterm election is one of the most consequential elections in our time. Sure, people say this seemingly at every election, but this year is different because both literally and figuratively, women are on the ballot. Following the recent shenanigans (to put it mildly) of the Supreme Court, there is no greater call to action around women than this off-year election. As the national anti-women rhetoric has permeated, so too has the threat encroached upon the local level. One of the [...]

By |2022-11-09T14:55:53-05:00November 9, 2022|Community & Sisterhood, The Weigh In|
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