Archive for Christian Perspective
Praying With My Kids
I decided to start teaching my children about using a prayer journal (which I haven’t done in years). So, I sat them down and showed them the notebook we would use and decided to start simple. Their aunt just had surgery and their great-grandmother is in hospice, so they were obvious choices with very clear [...]
Scott Hamilton: Skater, Christian
I remember when I was younger watching figure skating and being amazed as Scott Hamilton took the gold in the Olympics. I also remember the sadness I felt when I heard that he was battling cancer. Amazement and joy again when he had survived cancer. And, now, as I watch my daughter skate and look [...]
Military Wives Find Comfort in God
At the base in Tennessee, a group of young military wives are gathering together to seek comfort and guidance from the Bible. Mya Parker, 27, saw both sides of the average military marriage and the strain that years of combat duty can do to a relationship. She served in the Army for four years on [...]
Google Fights Modern Day Slavery
Google Inc has chosen to donate over $11 million to nonprofits fighting human trafficking. The company chose to highlight this issue based on employee concerns. “The issue is a global nightmare. It’s horrific. It’s second only to the trafficking of drugs in terms of the size of the problem,” According to a 2011 report by [...]
Giving Women Vets a Second Chance
Shalini Madaras and her husband bill lost their son, Nick to a roadside bomb in Iraq. Out of her grief and despair, came hope for a group that is often overlooked. She opened a home for women veterans who find themselves homeless. Her foundation Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes has opened a home in Bridgeport, CT [...]
Africa Mercy Bringing Hope to West Africa
In West Africa, a young mother suffered from debilitating scars left after she was burned in a house fire. Mercy came to her rescue. The doctors aboard the Africa Mercy performed the surgery that allowed her to lift her arms and better care for her four month old baby. The Africa Mercy is a ship [...]
Tim Tebow in the Philippines
Tim Tebow, quarterback for the Denver Broncos, is making the news again. This time instead of controversy over his Christianity, it’s because he’s building a hospital. Tim was born in the Philippines to missionaries and is now giving back to the community he knew as a child. Construction is due to begin in January 2012. [...]
Fighting Poverty, One Day’s Wage
In Burma, a teacher works to educate children while living on only $40 year. In Seattle, WA, Eugene Cho works to find a way to make his/her life easier. Cho is the founder of One Day’s Wages, a nonprofit organization fighting extreme world poverty. ODW isn’t looking to promote any one nonprofit or group. They [...]
Telling the World: ‘This is Us’
Jeremy Teicher is a young filmmaker who graduated from Dartmouth. He was brought to Semegal through his father’s company that provides education to children in the villages. After one visit, he was hooked on these kids. He returned and Senegal and posed a difficult question. “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” He was [...]
Billy Graham now Online
The Billy Graham Evangelical Association on Wednesday, launched a new site. The Billy Graham Audio Archives (www.billygraham.org)contains more than 1600 messages spanning 60 years of ministry. The files are available as streaming audio, which can be played with a media player on the BGEA website. The files are compatible with desktop computers and mobile devices, [...]
Erasing Hate: Leaving the Skinheads
Bryon Widner and his wife Julie have done something that few have accomplished. They have left the white supremacist movement and hatred behind. For Bryon, this was much more difficult than asking forgiveness. Over the years, he had covered his body–including his face and hands–with tattoos declaring his beliefs. So, even though he had changed [...]
Gary White and Water.org
In the early 1980′s a young college student went on a trip to Central America. What he saw there changed his life. Gary White saw the contaminated water running through the city and the children carrying it home in bottles. He was horrified and has dedicated his life to providing clean water for people. He [...]
Christian Books from Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, served his term of office when I was a child. The two things I remember most as a child was knowing that he was from Georgia (like me) and he is Christian (like me). Of course, I know much more about him now, but whenever I [...]
Running to Stop Human Trafficking
Every year there are more than 500,000 new child victims of human trafficking, 1 million or more total, according to the US Department of State. Dr. Yachter, a chiropractor in Florida, has decided to do something about it. He believes that by raising awareness, we can rescue the vicitms and prevent more from being vicitmized. [...]
Bringing Power to Indonesia
A samll woman in Indonesia is making a big difference for many villagers living without electricity. Tri Mumpuni Iskandar, the director of People Centered Business and Economic Institute, is bringing electricity to the 90,000,000 million Indonesians without it one hydroelectric project at a time. Most of IBEKA’s 50 microhydro projects are built in rough terrain, [...]
Climbing to Inspire
Many climbers have sought to conquer Mt Kilimanjaro, but never a team quite like this one. Among the team members are veterans with a variety of injuries as well as some college athletes and a Ugandan soldier who also served in Iraq. Bringing them all together is a young man from near my hometown in [...]
One Young Woman Making a Difference
Many 19 year olds spend their time worried about grades in college, what their peers think, will they have a date, will they find a mate. I know I did at that age. One young woman has put all that aside, moved to another country and started changing lives. Katie Davis moved to Uganda when [...]
Saving Child Slaves
In America, we are very fortunate to have many freedoms and rights as individuals. We also have a system in place to protect us and make sure that those freedoms and rights are upheld. But, many people around the world are not so fortunate. A pastor from Pennsylvania has gone above and beyond what most [...]
Online Dating for Christians
As our lifestyles become busier and busier and people move all over for work, finding a partner is becoming more and more difficult for many singles today. Many are turning to online dating services to help them find people who are more compatible. But, what if you’re Christian? Is checking a box saying that you’re [...]
Samaritan’s Purse: Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan’s Purse International Relief is an organization built on one of my favorite parables in the Bible. In Luke 10: 25-37 Jesus tells the tale of a Samaritan who helps a man in distress on the roadside. Then, Jesus tells us to go and do likewise. This is the goal of Samaritan’s Purse. For over [...]
