Kirk Cameron rejects drag queen story time, is instead speaking about faith, family at Arkansas library
Actor and writer Kirk Cameron will be in Fayetteville, Arkansas, along with his book publisher on Friday for a book reading event at the public library for families, sharing traditional values.
foxnews.comTexas mom suffers quadruple amputation, credits her faith and a little dog for pulling her through
Wyndi Adkins of Blooming Grove, Texas, is a quadruple amputee. She credits her faith in God, the love of her family and her little Chiweenie, Mazi, for keeping her alive and giving her purpose.
foxnews.comLove Rocks NYC benefit to help meet rising demand for meals
The War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter never really considered missing the chance to perform at the Love Rocks NYC 2023 benefit for God’s Love We Deliver on Thursday, even though he was knocked unconscious and broke his leg in a fall onstage in Nashville last week.
Here’s how Michigan State can still earn a double-bye in the Big Ten tournament
EAST LANSING – Michigan State did its part to earn a double-bye in next week’s Big Ten tournament by beating Ohio State on Saturday. Michigan State starts the final day of the regular season in a seven-way tie for second place in the Big Ten standings at 11-8. Here are the results the Spartans and Spartans fans should be rooting for on Sunday:Nebraska wins at IowaPenn State wins at home against MarylandPurdue wins at IllinoisRutgers wins at home against NorthwesternIf three of those results happen, Michigan State will be the No. If two or fewer happen, Michigan State will be ranked No. Michigan State is only playing 19 Big Ten games because its scheduled Feb. 15 game against Minnesota was postponed in the aftermath of an on-campus shooting and was never rescheduled.
mlive.comSouthern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor. The vote by the convention's Executive Committee culminates growing tension between the nation's largest Protestant denomination — which officially opposes women as pastors — and a congregation whose story has been one of the biggest church-growth successes of modern times. The committee cited Saddleback's having “a female teaching pastor functioning in the office of pastor," an allusion to Stacie Wood, wife of the current lead pastor of Saddleback, Andy Wood.
news.yahoo.comLetter from the Editor: This will never be normal, and this is not the week to try to pretend
But I will be honest – I’m in no frame of mind to write a column this week as though what transpired did not. My heart is heavy for the students and families who are traumatized by this senseless violence, and everyone at MLive aches for those suffering. This is a time to come together to support, heal and search our hearts for answers that lead to action. # # #John Hiner is the vice president of content for MLive Media Group. If you have questions you’d like him to answer, or topics to explore, share your thoughts at editor@mlive.com.
mlive.comRadical beliefs in 'spiritual warfare' played a major role in Jan. 6, an expert argues
Two weeks after President Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 election, a group of Christian pastors stood on stage inside a nondenominational church in a suburb of Phoenix, whipping the congregation into a frenzy of prayer mixed with violent and bloody imagery.
news.yahoo.comEx-Church Friend Says Michigan State Shooter Was Once ‘Trying to Turn His Life Around’
Michigan Department of CorrectionsThe suspect who fatally shot three students at Michigan State University on Monday night, before apparently turning the gun on himself, was a former church-goer with a firearms offense on his record who once alluded to having troubles in his life, according to a former colleague.Gregory DeMyers, who worked alongside 43-year-old Anthony McRae at a Meijer grocery store warehouse in Lansing, told The Daily Beast that he also attended church with the suspected shoot
news.yahoo.comCommunity pulls together to support Officer Courts’ family
A day of tributes for Detroit police Officer Loren Courts as his family, friends, and the city say their final goodbye. Courts was killed in the line of duty less than two weeks ago, and during the funeral service Monday, an end of watch call conveyed one last dispatch to him.
Vigil held in support of ending gun violence in Dearborn Heights
A Dearborn Heights mosque is calling for an end to gun violence .Islamic House of Wisdom held a community candlelight vigil for victims of violence and terrorism locally and across the country.Different faith leaders as well as city and state officials decided to come together because they’re all tired of the same thing.