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Finally, a somewhat happy story. Simon Cowell has donated $160,000 to help save a little girls life. The music mogul donated money to Sophie Atay, an 18 month old girl who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called...

Recently, I have read several news accounts and blog posts covering a somewhat rare form of prayer known as the imprecatory prayer. If nothing else, the term itself seems to me almost laughably contradictory. Prayer, after all, has always seemed...

Washington – Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) introduced legislation to help ensure that veterans have quality, well-paying job opportunities. The bill, Veterans to Work Pilot Program Act of 2009, will expand job opportunities by creating a 5-year pilot program to enroll...

Do USA military troops put down their religion in writing when they fill out the paperwork to join the military services? According to the November 7, Sacramento Bee newspaper article, Massacre reignites fears of collective payback , "Of the roughly...

The church is supposed to be those who take the lead in humanitarian causes throughout the community. Such is the case at Crossroads United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Arizona. Every day, the church feeds the homeless in the community at...

Did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? Believe it! Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pronounced forty-nine million Americans do not have dependable access to adequate...

Jeni Stepanek was on Good Morning America this morning to promote her new book "Messenger: The Legend of Mattie Stepanek." For those of you who do not remember Mattie or don't know about Jeni's tragic loss of her 4 children...

Charla Nash today appeared on "Oprah". She is a Connecticut woman who got mauled by a 200 pound chimpanzee in February this year. Charla Nash today revealed her face, which is astonishingly deformed. Nash also shared some heartbreaking details on...

If you're stuck with candy or certain types of cakes left over from any holiday, don't throw them out. If they're wrapped and don't need refrigeration, and in their wrapped state can last for a long time (not perishable candy...