Danette Kemp

God, family and Farm Bureau. . .what a blessed life! #thankful

[Tanya @tanyaelisabethh]

Marriage used to be the starting point.

Two people would come together with almost nothing to their name, but each other, and then they would build everything side by side. This process of building led to bonding, it built loyalty, it required tremendous sacrifice and most of all it taught interdependence. But now we are told the opposite. We are told instead that we need to have it all before we marry.

We need a good career, a home, a bunch of money in the bank, your entire identity discovered and solidified, a passport filled with stamps, a degree and much dating experience.

The problem with this is that by the time two people finally decide to join one another, well they have spent most of their lives learning how to do life alone.

So it is not wonder then that building a life with someone else, suddenly feels so much harder. Marriage used to be a beginning, not it is an after thought to an already built life.

Two already self-sufficient and self-reliant people do not easily merge and mesh. It is hard to go from the perspective of “mine”, to “ours”, when individualism is all we have ever known.

And this is why individualism has become the death of marriage.

[Arkansas Prep Sports @ARPrepSports]

Coach Tim Rodgers and the Fordyce Redbugs.

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

I was told today by a 17-year-old that there was no way people were writing 10 page papers without Al.

Dude, I was writing 10 page papers without having read the book.

[Arkansas Softball @RazorbackSB]

The first ones through the wall are the bloodiest

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Please share if you agree that the Senate should not recess until it has (1) fully funded DHS, and (2) passed the SAVE America Act

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Researchers at UC Irvine took saliva samples from a choir before and after performing Beethoven. One antibody, the most abundant in your entire body, spiked 240%.

That antibody is called secretory immunoglobulin A. Mouthful of a name, but it does a simple job: it coats your throat, gut, and airways and acts as your body’s first barrier against every cold, flu, and respiratory virus you breathe in. Your body makes more of it than all other antibody types combined.

The 2000 study found this antibody rose 150% during rehearsals and 240% during the live performance. A separate 2004 study from the University of Frankfurt tested what happens when choir members just listen to the same music instead of singing it. The antibody barely moved. And their mood actually got worse.

Marathon runners show the exact opposite. A study of 98 competitive runners found this same antibody dropped 21 to 31% after the race. 17% came down with colds or throat infections within two weeks. Cross-country runners tracked over a full season saw it fall to 40% of their starting level by November. Running was suppressing the same antibody that singing was tripling.

It works through the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in your body. It runs from your brain down through your chest to your gut and controls your “rest and digest” mode. When you sing, your vocal cords physically vibrate against it where it wraps around your voice box. You’re also breathing from deep in your belly with long, slow exhales, which tells your nervous system to calm down. Your stress hormones drop. Your immune system responds.

A 2016 study from the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London tested 193 cancer patients and carers across five choirs in South Wales. One hour of group singing lowered cortisol (the body’s main stress hormone) and raised five different immune signaling proteins. The people with the worst depression scores improved the most.

You don’t need to be good at it. The boost comes from the physical act, the vibration and the breathing, not the melody. Trained soprano or shower singer, your body responds the same way.

One caveat: that 240% number came from a live performance, where adrenaline and emotional intensity were at their peak. Singing along to the radio probably produces a smaller spike. And these are temporary boosts, not permanent changes. But the 193 cancer patients in the 2016 study weren’t performing Beethoven on stage. They were just singing together for an hour in community choirs.

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

Here is Corrie Ten Boom describing the miracle of smuggling her Bible into a concentration camp, and the demonic presence she felt in the Nazis who tormented her.

She’s a solemn reminder that the Nazis hated, persecuted, and murdered Christians, too.

[Pig Trail Nation @PigTrailNation]

"They're family-oriented...they look at us players as family too."

@MicahGamble24 on his Junior Day visit in Fayetteville over the weekend. #WPS

Full interview with Gamble on this week's Arkansas Football Recruiting Report: https://t.co/2QAnTBV62G

[Richard Davenport @ArRecruitingGuy]

Arkadelphia junior linebacker Mario Brownlee and Fordyce junior running back Micah Gamble are the latest in-state prospects to receive scholarship offers from Arkansas. https://t.co/xfmBWqPq8W

[Danette Kemp @danettekemp]

Read up about Aaron Spencer case in Arkansas. It will make your blood boil!

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

My flight is delayed (at least) two hours and I have already read everything I brought with me. Fire away with your questions below and I will answer the good ones. Favorite the questions you like best so I see them.

[Paul Simmons @PaulSimmonsHU]

Teammates baptizing teammates!!! Been a real good day! I thank God for the incredible spiritual leadership displayed by many of our veteran players. Praise God for the victory over sin and brokenness!!

[American Farm Bureau @FarmBureau]

Happy Thanksgiving from the Farm Bureau family!

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

JUST IN: Tim Tebow shows horrific map of New York showing every location a person has downloaded CP over the past month, calls for more funding for law enforcement.

"This year, somewhere between 300k to a million people will be trafficked in the US."

"When you defund [the police], you're not actually caring for these boys and girls."

"We are the number one buyer of [CP] for boys and girls around the world. America is."

"In peer-to-peer sharing of this information, we're third worst in the world."

"On our hearts is to get this message out to be able to make a change and support our law enforcement and task forces that are working on this."

"There are some freaking heroes that are fighting us every single day."

God bless him.

[Arkansas Farm Bureau @ArFB]

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[ESPN @espn]

Clayton Kershaw’s legendary career officially comes to an end. 👏

⚾️ 2014 MVP
⚾️ 2011 Triple Crown
⚾️ 3x World Series champ ('20, '24, '25)
⚾️ Gold Glove Winner
⚾️ 3x Cy Young award winner
⚾️ 11x All-Star

[Los Angeles Dodgers @Dodgers]

Once in a lifetime 'til Freddie says he wants it twice. #WorldSeries

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

“He’s my Lord & Savior… [I] model my life after Him… My performance in the game, or whatever’s happening isn’t my identity, but rather as a disciple of Jesus.”
- Dodgers 2B Tommy Edman

🎥: @willdawsonTV | CBN Sports

[Nate @dodgernate]

Greatest postseason performance ever.

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

Powerful!

https://t.co/bUzhKmS3v3

[Erika Kirk @MrsErikaKirk]

Go to church.