By Christy Barritt Foster Mother Receives Financial Gift A foster mother living in California received a tremendous gift for her life’s work. Alena Strickland of Downey has fostered more than 200 children, many of them with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. She started fostering when her infant daughter was hospitalized more than 27 years […]
By Christy Barritt Stranger Raises $35K for Exonerated Prisoner When a Brooklyn man was exonerated after serving nearly 25 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, a stranger felt a call to action. Alex Sutaru heard the story of Jonathan Fleming, who’d been freed from prison after a key piece of evidence […]
By Christy Barritt False Myths About Divorce Rates Christian researcher Shaunti Feldhahn recently did an eight-year investigative study about the state of marriage and divorce in today’s culture and churches. Her results surprised many. Two myths she debunked were the notions that half of all marriages end in divorce and that the divorce rate […]
By Christy Barritt Minister Refused Surgery U.S. minister Saeed Abedini was denied a much needed surgery. The Iranian-born American has been in an Iranian prison since he was arrested in July 2012 while working on an orphanage project in the country. He was accused of endangering national security and sentenced to eight years in […]
By Christy Barritt Church Sings in Airport During Layover When members of Harmony Hill Baptist Church in Lufkin, Texas, were on a three-hour layover in an Atlanta airport, they never expected what they did to pass time would go viral. The group, part of the music ensemble Classic Worship Praise of East Texas, were […]
