Friday, June 3, 2011

HEROES: Parents sue when gov't bans teaching kids to pray ... AND: Elderly volunteers ask to clean up nuke mess

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Japanese retirees offer ultimate sacrifice: To clean up nuke plant

About 200 retired Japanese professionals have asked their government for permission to take the place of younger workers trying to clean up the radioactive Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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In Remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
God of our forebears and our God, who has summoned women and men throughout the ages to be thy witnesses and sometimes martyrs for thee...

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Wisdom from movies' great heroes

Need a little encouragement? Read words of wisdom from some of the greatest heroes and heroines in film.

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Canadian parents sue over ban on teaching day-care kids about Jesus

A group of parents at church-supported day care centers in Quebec have sued to overturn a government ban on teaching children to pray -- or telling them Bible stories.

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12 heroes of hard financial times

Here are 12 heroes who didn't run away from danger. They are a dozen heroes of the recession who saw a need and took matters into their own hands.

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Do you dare to get involved?

International Christian Concern is asking Christians to call their congressman and ask that Iranian Christians continue to have the opportunity to seek asylum at our embassies.

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Common sense vs passing fads

"If you are old enough, you remember an environmental scare in the early 1970's which proclaimed we were causing the earth to usher in the next Ice Age," writes Beliefnet's Linda Howard. "Now it's...

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OK, what about Gog and Magog?

As a teacher of Bible prophecy, Beliefnet's Jim Fletcher sometimes feels that he is asked too often to explain the mysterious prophecy in Ezekiel 38-39. Some people insist the battle already happened....

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My favorite weight-loss verse for bad days

"Yesterday I didn't do so well sticking to my plan," writes Beliefnet's Susan Brown. "In fact, I washed out in lots of areas. Here is a verse I use a lot - and you can, too, when bad days come along."

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