Polygamist and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) received a maximum life sentence on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides. The decision was made by a jury in Texas who gave him the maximum sentence on both counts. The 55-year-old Jeffs who defended […]
Accident at Quebec youth camp injures 27
Sherbrooke — In an unexpected accident a tractor pulling a group of children at a Baptist Church Youth Camp in Sherbrooke, Quebec flipped over while traveling down a slope. Dozens of people were inside and some were flung from the vehicle. While some injuries are said to be serious, none are believed to be life […]
Relief for East Africa still desperately needed
Over 12 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti desperately need nourishment due to a massive drought (the worst in 60 years) in the Horn of Africa. A lack of rain in the region has killed off both crops and livestock creating this drought situation. According to the UN Food Security and Nutrition Analysis […]
9 tips for being more patient
Patience is known as a virtue for a reason. According to the dictionary it is, “The capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.”It isn’t easy to be patient and anyone who’s ever had to exercise patience knows that very well. Patience might be even more difficult to practice […]
Evangelical leader John Stott has passed
On July 27, 2011, evangelical leader John Stott passed away at the age of 90 in Lingfield, Surrey located in the south of England. He passed surrounded by close friends and family. His cause of death is said to be related to complications due to old age. He was born on April 27 1921 to […]
Norway mourns loss after terror
After the September 11, 2001 the world became acquainted with Muslim extremism when four commercial airlines were hijacked by Al-Quaeda and crashed into the world trade center then the Pentagon. Our world had changed and we were afraid. Ten years passed and in that time a war against terror was initiated, a new American president […]
Burlap to Cashmere’s new record reflects experience
Album Burlap to Cashmere (self-titled) Genre Greek, Folk, Rock Record Label Jive, Essential Released July 19, 2011 Reviewer Shara Lee Burlap to Cashmere is back with a newer more refined, but familiar sound. The band was popular during the 90’s and had won two Dove awards for their work. But their success came quick and […]
Quick News – July 22, 2011
Campus Crusade is now CRU Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI) will soon simply be known as CRU. This change comes after senior members of the organization had thought about rebranding because of negative connotations associated with the word “crusade”. Many still associate this word with the military conquests of Christians in the 11th – […]
Jaycee Dugard releases memoir
She is known to the world as the young girl who was kidnapped at age 11 by a serial rapist and his wife. Jaycee Dugard, now age 31 recalls her 18 years of imprisonment under captor Phillip Garrido in her memoir, A Stolen Life. It’s difficult for the average person to understand just how difficult […]
Muslim prayer time under fire at Toronto public school
By S.K. Lawrence Valley Park Middle School in Toronto has become the subject of an ongoing controversy because of the school’s accommodation of religion within their public institution. Reports have shown that 80-90 per cent of students attending Valley Middle Park are Muslim. That seems to be the justification for allowing a Muslim students to […]