By Christy Barritt Pastor Launches WikiWorship A pastor in North Carolina has launched an interactive website where he hopes to get questions from those who are seeking. Philip Chryst, a student at Duke Divinity School and a United Methodist minister, wanted to create a website that addresses issues of faith and allows people to […]
By Christy Barritt “Sundays Are the Worst” Website Invites Conversation A new website called “Sundays Are the Worst” was started by a Tennessee minister to offer a place of “pure honesty and testimony” for restaurant staff. There restaurant servers can share the frustration they’ve experienced over low tips and poor treatment, especially from Christians […]
By Christy Barritt German Homeschool Family Permitted to Stay in U.S. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted a German homeschooling family permission to stay in the U.S. indefinitely. The Romeike family fled to the U.S. in 2008 and were granted asylum after being threatened with jail time and having their children taken […]
By Christy Barritt FDA Considers Allowing Three-Parent Babies In February, a U.S. advisory board within the Food and Drug Administration met to discuss the possibility of allowing babies to be created from the DNA of three people. Officials said their goal in pursuing this technology was to prevent major genetic diseases from being passed […]
By Christy Barritt Developer Treats 50 Homeless to Elegant Dinner An Ohio developer recently treated a group of 50 homeless people to a four-course meal. Joel Testa did not want presents for his 42nd birthday. He only wanted his friends and family to donate money to help homeless citizens in his city. “Homelessness can […]
