Saturdays with Sandi Patty: How God makes something new out of the broken pieces (Part 4 of 4)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 21, 2012 – Legendary Christian singer Sandi Patty would have done some things differently if she knew then what she knows now. “I would have taken breaks early on” as her career gained “downhill momentum.” “I would have learned to say no to things so that I could have personal breaks […]
Read More →Max Lucado devotional app launched by Thomas Nelson
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WordNews.org) April 16, 2012 – Thomas Nelson is releasing its first comprehensive, author-specific app in the company’s history. The Max Lucado app represents a quarter century of Lucado’s publishing career and features content from more than 30 Lucado books. The Lucado app is free and available in the App Store for iPhone […]
Read More →Christians urged to pray for North Korean believers today
By Brittany Sanford For Word News NORTH KOREA (WordNews.org) April 15, 2012 – Open Doors, a ministry to the persecuted church, is urging believers around the world to pray for Christians in North Korea today, the 100th birthday of Kim II-Sung. Today, mass celebrations were held in Pyongyang and other cities in the DPRK (Democratic […]
Read More →Saturdays with Sandi Patty: Who’s the best? (Part 3 in a series)
VANCOUVER, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 14, 2012 – It’s a question music artists are asked all the time: Whom do they listen to? Sandi Patty, who’s received the most awards for a female recording artist, takes no time answering: Adele and Natalie Grant. “I just downloaded Adele’s project,” Sandi told WordNews.org. “I tend to really be […]
Read More →Controversy looms over choice of pro-abortion rights Tutu to speak at Gonzaga University commencement
By MEGAN DRISCOLL For Word News SPOKANE, Wash. (WordNews.org) April 14, 2012 – Officials at Gonzaga University have invited the controversial Archbishop Desmond Tutu to deliver the school’s 2012 commencement address in May. The school also will present the archbishop with an honorary doctorate. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, has a long history […]
Read More →‘Black Hawk Down’ hero tells how God rescued him
By CRYSTAL GOODREMOTE For Word News CEDARVILLE, Ohio (WordNews.org) April 12, 2012 – God used the mission that became known as Black Hawk Down to change lives for Christ, says Jeff Struecker, one of the heroes on that mission. The mission, chronicled in a best-selling book and film, was almost a disaster. On Oct. […]
Read More →Kairos Prison Ministry International’s executive director retires; interim named
WINTER PARK, Fla.. (WordNews.org) April 11, 2012 — John Thompson has retired as executive director of Kairos Prison Ministry International. He served the ministry for 11 years. Kairos has named Thomas Kemner the interim executive director. The ministry is conducting a search for a permanent executive director. Kemner has been a consultant for the ministry […]
Read More →A Word News conversation with October Baby co-director Jon Erwin: Confronting indifference and apathy (Part 5 in a series)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) April 11, 2012 – Jon Erwin recalls a conversation he had with NPR a few days before the March 23 release of “October Baby,” that he co-directed with his brother Andy Erwin. The question centered on the timing of the film in the midst of a heated presidential contest in which contraception and […]
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