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Celebrities Decry and Refuse to Perform at Trump-Inauguration, Trump Responds
Meryl Streep isn't going to let Donald Trump settle into presidency---at least, not without first decrying him publicly at the Golden Globes award ceremony. Streep utilized her reception of the Cecill Demille award as a political platform to exhort like-minded celebrities to keep a Trump Administration accountable: "Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence insights violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others we all lose."
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Star Wars Darling and Hollywood Royalty Carrie Fisher Dies at Age 60 Following Heart Attack
Carrie Fisher, still known to her many Star Wars fans as "Princess Leia," is dead following a heart attack which occurred last Friday, December 23.
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Bill Clinton Attributes Wife's Loss to Racism,Trump's Cabinet-Election List Lengthens
The validity of Donald Trump's election has been officially confirmed, and Bill Clinton is not conceding peacefully. The charitable verbiage towards the toleration, unity, and peaceful concession that trademarked his wife's presidential ambitions earlier is nowhere to be found as former president Clinton compounds on his wife's description of those "deplorables" he considers responsible for Trump's victory. In a racist rant, Bill Clinton attributed a Trump Administration to "angry white men.
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Homemaking: The Job that Few Recognize, but One of Many that God Honors
When I was a girl, I loved being home, but did not realize the value of it as I do today-increasingly. I used to watch my mama dart like a bee from one end of the house to the other, nourishing us physically, emotionally, spiritually. I always admired it, but never applied it to myself specifically. But now, thanks to God, there is nothing I love more.
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Juveniles' Sentence Pending on Gatlinburg Arson Charges
The juveniles were taken into custody Wednesday. Because the suspects were not from Sevier County, more personal information is yet to be disclosed. It is also undecided whether they will be charged as juveniles or adults---or even whether there remain "more arrests." At this time, it would appear that the prosecutor expresses slant towards trying them as adults.
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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.
