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''The Last Pick'' Video Features Jeremy Lin Giving and Receiving Encouragements
Earlier this week, the main character of “Linsanity” tweeted on his twitter account a video titled “The Last Pick,” in which Lin plays himself and encourages a 11-year-old African-American to not give up but keep working his best in pursuit of his passion – playing basketball.
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HTC Holds Annual Thanksgiving Banquet, Co-founder Cher Wang Encourages Employees with Bible Verse
Cher Wang, HTC’s co-founder and chairman, recently quoted scripture and optimistically shouted out that HTC will set new records in 2013 when addressing her company employees at their annual thanksgiving banquet held last Friday in Taipei. That night, HTC’s new phone M7 was also unveiled.
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Nonprofit to Hold Progressive Seminar on End-of-Life Care for Chinese Americans
While the mainstream white communities in America have accepted and taken advantages of the services and resources provided through hospice care, Chinese American communities not only are not aware of such program, but also shun the topics related to end-of-life - a taboo in Chinese culture.
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Salvation Army Canada to Distribute 145 Knapsacks of Essential Supplies for Homeless in Vancouver
Toronto-based Project Winter Survival is expanding their outreach for the first time with the help of its sponsor Hain-Celestial Canada, the leading natural and organic food company in North America and Europe, to homeless people in the Vancouver area with their essential winter survival kits.
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Limbless Nick Vujicic's Unborn Son is Healthy with Ten Fingers, Ten Toes
Last weekend, CBS Sunday Morning aired a video report on the life of Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs. In the interview, Vujicic announced that his unborn son Kiyoshi James Vujicic has ten fingers and ten toes – everything that is supposed to be there is.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
