It is important for us to understand depression triggers (fear and anger being the most common), first, so that we can see the signs and take action against depression before it arrives, and second, so that we can ask God for specific helps.

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Those words actually came from the mouth of the Rev. Dr. Barry Black, the Senate chaplain, during a prayer on the Senate floor just four days before a looming government shutdown.

Chaos consumes Capitol Hill as Washington appears to be veering closer and closer toward what looks like the inevitable. Indeed, the unfolding scenario has pundits split. Some are predicting a last-minute compromise while others forecasting no way to avoid a shutdown.

On The Brody File this week, we talk with Congressman Tim Huelskamp about the Tea Party’s role in a potential government shutdown. Also, Senator Bob Corker talks about America’s role in the Middle East. And an interview with Bishop Elias Taban, who went from a child solider in Sudan’s bloody Civil wars to winning souls for Jesus.

Glass crunched beneath our feet. White soot drifted through the sunlight and the smell of fresh fire filled the air. A carpet of ash lay wall to wall. We walked gingerly through what remained of the once grand Amos Tadros church in Minya, Egypt. The fire burned so hot engineers say the 100-year-old church would have to be razed and rebuilt. The altar singed, seared and charred sat as a silent witness to what one Egyptian expert called the worst violence against the church in Egypt in nearly seven centuries.