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Meet Kano: A Lego-like DIY Computer That Even a Six-Year-Old Can Assemble
Kano founder and developer Alex Klein has always been passionate about getting children to understand how a computer works.
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What's the Big Deal With AirBnB's Newly Launched 'Trips'?
From what started out as a bedroom idea, AirBnB is now one of the biggest and most successful technology start-ups based on the sharing economy principle.
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World's Oldest Stone Tablet with Ten Commandments Inscribed Sold for $850,000
The earliest-known stone tablet with the inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold for $850,000 at an auction in Beverly Hills.
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Three Christians in Iran Sentenced to 80 Lashes for Taking Communion Wine
Christian converts Yaser Mosibzadeh, Saheb Fadayaee, and Mohammed Reza Omidi are due to be flogged in public for partaking of communion wine, a grave and blasphemous misconduct under Iran's Sharia law.
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Aleppo Face 'Bleak Moment': Hospital's Medical Supplies Rapidly Depleting with Syria Aid Convoy Blocked
With hospitals in Aleppo, Syria now caught in crossfires, people are desperate for medicine and supplies for the increasing number of casualties being brought for care.
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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.
