Raising a Child in Iran's Cultural Divide

"Coping with the gulf between Iranian private and public life is a difficult skill even for adults to manage. So what should we teach our children? My friend's eight-year-old son brought a DVD home from school the other day, a 10-minute collection of "highlights" from his...

Beginning to Pray Together

"Here are eight suggestions for beginning to pray together that were given to us by the couples who responded to our questionnaire. They come from their own experiences and were developed through their own struggles to begin to pray together. 1. Take the time needed to talk...

From The Nile To The Euphrates

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Eretz Yisrael Hashleimah

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Pastors Push Living Wage as Election Issue

"Call them the Religious Left: Church leaders are seeking to rally ''values voters'' ahead of next month's elections in a nationwide crusade to raise the minimum wage. The Let Justice Roll campaign, a congregation of some 80 religious and community organizations including the...

Police Stop Protest at Senate Building

"The quiet, sunny atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building was transformed into a chaotic scene yesterday when dozens of war protesters filed into the lobby, formed a prayer circle, shouted Scripture and eventually were arrested as Senate staffers hung over railings and...

Googlism - Prayer 2.0 Contest

"Our Google which art in cyberspace, Hallowed be thy domain. Thy search to come, Thy results be done, On my computer as it is in the WWW. Give us this search our daily results. Forgive us our spam, as those that have spammed up against us. And lead us not into infected...

Christians seek West's atonement for colonialism (Reuters)

" By MacDonald Dzirutwe 58 minutes ago HARARE (Reuters) - Hands aloft and tears streaming down her cheeks, Alicia Chipoyi prayed in a high-pitched voice for spiritual healing for the wounds caused by years of slavery and colonization of Africa by Europeans. Chipoyi was one of...

Judaism versus Zionism

Here's the analysis from Neturei Karta.  "Judaism believes in One G-d who revealed the Torah. It affirms Divine Providence and, accordingly, views Jewish exile as a punishment for sin. Redemption may be achieved solely through prayer and penance. Judaism calls upon all...

Christian Pray4u.co.uk siteBrings prayer and God to the Hurting and Lonely On...

 New Christian website Pray4u.co.uk is bringing God to hundreds of people every month who might not otherwise have known that God cared for them. Prayer warriors are signing up and helping to pray for the problems of people around the world.  Pray4u.co.uk is a new...

Monks mix business with prayer in Shanghai

""I think I benefited a lot from the course," said Chang Chun, the leader of the first group from Yufo (Jade Buddha) Temple. "Some people may think that an MBA course is irrelevant to monks. But actual..."

Border Crossing -- Mexico to the United States

Desperate Mexican migrants with nothing left to lose, U.S. ranchers driven to violence or driven out, police task forces hunting the undocumented - these are just some of the casualties of the immigration war. Despite Washington's landmark programs to decrease illegal...