By Melissa Wuske Christlike Conflict Thirty Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews gathered to study and pray and seek unity—a dramatic difference from the history of conflict across groups in the region. The participants met in Cypress, sponsored by the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine (LIRIP). They released a statement to solidify their unity and […]
By Melissa Wuske Many Americans View Christianity as Extreme A study by the Barna Group explores American society’s views on faith, and in particular what constitutes religious extremism. Most Americans—75 percent overall and 90 percent of those with no faith affiliation—agree that “being religiously extreme is a threat to society.” Researchers asked people to categorize […]
By Melissa Wuske Faith-Changing Movie Role Actress Jennifer Garner recently played Christy Beam in the real-life story of the Beam family, Miracles from Heaven. The movie shows how the family coped with daughter Anna’s pseudo-obstruction motility disorder, which requires feeding tubes for sustenance, and how Anna was miraculously cured after a near-death accident. Portraying this […]
By Melissa Wuske Reducing Risk of Dementia A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that higher levels of education, along with better cardiovascular health contribute to a decline in new dementia cases. The study followed families who were part of the Framingham Heart Study beginning in 1942. Researchers found that the […]
By Melissa Wuske Plumbers Help Flint More than 300 union plumbers from across Michigan went to Flint to install water filters free of charge because of the mounting water crisis that has left the city’s residents with lead-poisoned tap water. Harold Harrington, a union leader in Flint, said, “We did not cause this American tragedy […]
