Just days after our nation remembered the historic Roe v. Wade decision, a new book is hot off the (electronic) press. Author Serena Gaefke chose the internet as the best forum to reach her target audience, young, unexpectedly pregnant women. Gaefke’s work is titled, “101 Reasons Not to Have an Abortion: A Girl’s Guide to... Continue Reading

The Tennessee Board of Education has approved guidelines on how to teach the Bible in public high schools even though there’s concern the curriculum could be challenged in court. The guidelines approved this week are in response to 2008 legislation, which authorized the state to create a course for a ‘‘nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of... Continue Reading

The 2010 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, written by nonprofit tax expert Richard Hammar, J.D., LL.M., CPA, released last week. Each year the Internal Revenue Service makes changes to tax law. In this fully updated annual guide, Richard Hammar reviews all of the key changes that are relevant to churches and clergy preparing to file... Continue Reading

Basketball is unique among sports with regards to the distance (or lack thereof) between fans and players. This intimate setting, especially in high school and college basketball, encourages fans to creatively get into their opponents’ heads. Two incidents of unruly fan behavior last Saturday, however, have prompted action by institutions and conferences on opposite ends... Continue Reading

“My house will be called a house of prayer.” Jesus’ words from the New Testament is painted in gold letters on the new white sanctuary wall of Peace Church in northern Durham (NC). There are three more Scripture verses painted directly on the sanctuary walls at the newly constructed church, the first permanent home for... Continue Reading

In Warren St. John’s Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer—a fascinating account of the lunacy that is University of Alabama football—the reporter recounts a conversation with a Mr. and Mrs. Reese in their $300,000 motor home, purchased exclusively to travel to Crimson Tide games. The couple, it turns out, had missed their daughter’s wedding because it fell... Continue Reading

Tim Rice, M.D., a Saint Louis University associate professor of pediatrics and internal medicine, heard Haiti calling and had to answer. For each of the last four years Rice has spent two weeks on a medical mission trip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is leading a team of St. Louis area health professionals... Continue Reading

Matt Chandler doesn’t feel anything when the radiation penetrates his brain. It could start to burn later in treatment. But it hasn’t been bad, this time lying on the slab. Not yet, anyway. Chandler’s lanky 6-foot-5-inch frame rests on a table at Baylor University Medical Center. He wears the same kind of jeans he wears... Continue Reading

Outspoken Christian Quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement from the National Football League on Friday, thanking God for the opportunities he received both on and off the field. “As always, as it started in 1999 when I was up on the podium holding up a trophy, the first thing I want to do is give... Continue Reading

Lexington (KY) firefighters put out a small fire at Tates Creek Presbyterian Church (PCA) around 4:30 p.m. Friday. The church is at Rapid Run Road and Man o’ War Boulevard. The fire started in a classroom on the ground floor and did not spread, said Chuck Workman, a deacon at the church. According to Workman,... Continue Reading