If you’re a viewer of Fox News, you likely know Shannon Bream—as she is one of its star journalists.
Shannon is the anchor of Fox News @ Night. She’s an attorney, and she frequently reports on legal issues including cases that come before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Shannon has been successful in her own right. But she takes inspiration from the difference makers we read about in the Bible. Shannon is also an author. And her latest book is titled The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today.
According to the description provided by the book’s publisher Harper Collins:
”The Women of the Bible Speak outlines the lessons we can take from the valor of Esther, the hope of Hannah, the audacity of Rahab, and the faith of Mary. In broadening each woman’s individual story, Shannon offers us a deeper understanding of each, and wisdom and insights that can transform our own lives today.”
Shannon took the time to talk about her book with Your New Life Station’s Paul Ladd. Paul’s interview will be heard on four consecutive Tuesdays—May 11, 18, 25, and June 1.
The Pacific Rim and Southwest Asia
The Pacific Rim, the Indian subcontinent and southwest Asia provide the reasons Your New Life Station broadcasts the International English Hour. The Pacific Rim is that part of the Eastern Hemisphere that encompasses English-prevalent countries of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. Additionally—English is widely spoken in Indonesia. And English is the official language of government and commerce in the southwest Asian countries of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In Japan and countries of the Middle East, many speak English as a second language.
Your New Life Station’s broadcast schedule makes use of Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a 24-hour system also known as Greenwich Mean Time. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind UTC; Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind. When some parts of the world return to daylight saving time for the warm weather months, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is four hours behind UTC, and Central Daylight Time (CDT) is five hours behind. Outside the U.S.—most locations are on standard time all year rather than daylight time. Karachi is five hours ahead of UTC. Mumbai and New Delhi are five-and-a-half hours ahead. Manila, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Kuala Lampur are eight hours ahead. And Tokyo is nine hours ahead of UTC.
You can use our listener website www.knls.org to hear the English Hour if you’re not into shortwave radio. You can also access the broadcast through the KNLS app on your mobile device or through Google or Safari. If you listen via shortwave radio, you can access knls.org to get our broadcast frequencies.
The English Hour is the Asian continent’s source for the music of our time and the message of all time. We work to provide a geographical balance in the topics we feature as we take listeners from “Alaska to Asia to Africa to America.” Our Eye on the World stories often show the interdependence of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Since our target audience is mostly non-Christians, our content is different from a typical Christian format station in America. While we provide our share of positive, uplifting content, some of our programming also provides an honest look at the dark side of life on Earth. Indeed, some program segments and music selections may raise questions that a thoughtful truth seeker will ask. And other segments, such as the Bible or Christian lifestyle lessons, serve to answer those questions.
Music to Love
Music is a universal language. Probably 80 per cent of the world’s pop tunes are sung in English, and are enjoyed by people everywhere, many who are themselves not proficient in English. The English hour features your favorite songs from today’s best music. International pop charts show that your favorite music is also the favorite of people who are culturally diverse—whether in Nairobi, Sydney, Singapore, or Jakarta.
The songs are pop, rock, r & b, and occasional hip-hop and country music that crosses over to the pop charts. The English Hour generally features music by artists from the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. But music artists from all over the world have found their names on or near the top of international pop charts.
In May, Your New Life Station’s listeners will hear new music from Duncan Laurence, Gabby Barrett, Imagine Dragons, Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift.
News to Know
The English hour features reporting about topics of current interest. Marcy Bryan reports about entertainment, business, and news about religion and social issues. Kelly Ann Monahan has the latest developments in medicine, science, and computer technology. Paul Ladd provides special reports about diverse topics, religious and secular. Doug Poling provides commentary on the news from a Christian perspective on Today’s News & the Good News. And Adam Holtz, Jonathan McKee and Kristin Smith of Focus on the Family provide Plugged-in reviews of the latest movies, music, and computer games. In April—they’ll continue to rate, for family friendliness, the numerous movies featured on streaming services as theatres struggle to reopen across the world.
Upcoming Reports for May 2021:
- Can moms pass immunity to Covid to children in the womb? And what about immunity from mothers’ milk? Kelly Ann Monahan reports.
- Would you like to reduce your carbon footprint when you travel? Kelly Ann reports about a Google Map feature that will help.
- And Kelly Ann reports on Virgin Galactic’s new space plane and on a new technology that enables observation of undersea wildlife far from shore.
If you’re a fan of BTS—you can now enjoy one of the Korean boy band’s favorite meals—thanks to McDonald’s. Marcy Bryan provides the nuggets of information. - Disney will be collaborating with native African producers to more accurately reflect African cultures in future movies. Marcy reports about that, too.
And Marcy provides additional segments about recovery in the movie and airline industries, and about racism that has been triggered by the pandemic.
A Message to Live
This is what we’re about and why we’re on the air and on the internet. Our mission is to present the lessons of the Bible, including and emphasizing the Good News in an interesting, non-threatening way.
Ongoing Series:
• All God’s Giants with Larry Souder
• Andy Baker’s Prayer Lesson
• Author’s Journal with Wesley Paine
• Believer’s Hall of Faith with Bill Young
• Creation Moments with Paul Taylor
• Deuteronomy with Phillip Camp & Paul Ladd
• Eye on Religion—Bible archaeology emphasis with Marcy Bryan
• Family Minute with Brit & Kate Ryan
• First Person with Paul Ladd
• God’s Money with Steve Maganelles
• Groundwire with Sean Dunn
• Hope in Conflict with Larry Souder
• Hope in Troubled Times with Larry Souder
• Immersed in Life with Greg Taylor
• Jim Daly commentary
• Joy of Peacemaking with Larry Souder
• Journeys in Faith with Larry Souder
• Life Stories with Joe Norris
• Profiles of the New Testament with Bob Borquez
• Profiles of the Old Testament with Royce Kessler
• Questions that Deserve Answers with Larry Souder
• Refiner’s Fire with Paul Ladd
• The Big Picture with Steve Diggs
• The God Who Makes Himself Known with Bill Young
• The Good Book with Greg Taylor
• The Journey with Greg Taylor
• Today’s News & the Good News with Doug Poling
• True Stories of the Bible with Bill Steensland
• Unforgettable Conversations with Larry Souder
