Author: Landon Nayoan

By Landon Nayoan – Unlike a lot of transitioners, Haley Furst didn’t want to look like boys or play with boys as a little girl. The idea lodged in her head much later in life as a youth. She was just a curious Christian. “At the ages of 13 or 14, I started to really watch a lot of YouTube videos in the pocket of LGBTQ,” Haley says. “A lot of these videos just kind of tumbled into my feed were videos about people talking about why they transitioned from being cisgender to transgender.” But after Haley got sexually assaulted,…

By Landon Nayoan – A whopping 89% of Americans grab their phones within the first 10 minutes of getting out of bed, says addiction expert Arthur Brooks. Most people don’t realize that their screen time is eerily similar to drug or alcohol addiction. “A lot of people are not convinced that they’re addicted to their devices,” says Brooks. “And one of the big reasons for that is because pretty much everybody is.” Phones were designed to make life more convenient and enjoyable through texts, phone calls, social media, etc. However, these features create addiction in most everyday people. Fortunately, Brooks…

By Landon Nayoan – She was shopping online for secondhand books when she spotted a New Testament for 69 cents. After searching for spiritual answers for years, she wasn’t expecting to find them in an old book she almost overlooked. “It was 69 cents or something, and I was like, wow, the New Testament—only 70 cents!” says Eneri, a pseudonym she uses online. “It couldn’t hurt to get that.” Raised in Germany, Eneri grew up in a Muslim household before eventually leaving Islam to find answers for herself. For a time, she described herself as an atheist. Even though she…

By Landon Nayoan — Two sets of maids were given different advice, one that their normal cleaning duties fulfilled the surgeon general’s recommended daily exercise quota. The other group were told it wasn’t enough. At the end of the 4-week scientific survey, the first group had lower weight, lower blood pressure and lower body mass index. Their thinking affected their body, psychologists say. “Studies demonstrate that the mind can mobilize the body’s healing properties,” says Gina Simmons Schneider Ph.D. “Begin by harnessing your beliefs in the service of your health and well-being.” The Bible admonishes Christians to believe in order…

By Landon Nayoan – As she went into a tracheostomy surgery, the doctor told her, “Say goodbye to your voice because your voice is probably going to be gone after this surgery.” Laurinda Bennett was staggered: “Gone?” “There’s a chance it may come back.” When she woke up from the surgery, she couldn’t speak. It was bleak, but at least she was surviving cancer. Laurinda spent 2½ weeks in ICU after her December 2025 surgery. Her voice was gone but she could walk. As she walked around the ICU, she realized all the other patients were bedridden and unconscious. She…