By David Faust Ordinary objects seem more valuable when they aren’t readily at hand. Did you ever need to open a can, but you couldn’t find a can opener? When a screwdriver wasn’t available, did you use a butter knife? Hammering a nail with a rock will give you a new appreciation for our […]
By Christy Barritt Minister Invents Prayer App A 25-year-old youth minister in Lubbock, Texas, has created an app that may change the way people participate in prayer. Logan Fields is in the process of launching a new smartphone application called the “Prayer Button.” The app would enable people to pray together remotely. Users can […]
By Sam E. Stone Last week’s study focused on Job 19. After that section, more attacks followed by Job’s friends, Zophar (chapter 20) and Eliphaz (chapter 22). They continued to insist that Job was guilty of serious sin. To them, all that happened to him was obviously God’s punishment for wrongdoing. Job, however, declared […]
By Jeanette Hanscome I was working at a preschool the year of the O.J. Simpson murder trial. I’ll never forget the day when the staff hovered around a portable radio, listening for the verdict. Not guilty. “No!” Mary punched the desk. Jo cried out, “What?” I just stood there, wordless. Everyone believed the former […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness The use of marijuana in American culture has long been associated with a subculture characterized by freewheeling, lackadaisical, radical aberration to societal mores. “Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used in the United States,” according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse. However some Americans have become marijuana legalization […]
