Saturdays with Jamie Grace: Writing songs that mean something (Part 3)
DES MOINES, Iowa (WordNews.org) Jan. 26, 2013 – Christian music artist Jamie Grace conducts an interview with Word News from her parked car. She laughs. “I just need to be out of my room, away from my guitar,” she explains, “because I will end up playing it. I’m kind of sitting really weird. My feet […]
Read More →Christian mission organization launches Educators’ Think Tank to develop curriculum
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 24, 2013 — Water Missions International has launched the Educators’ Think Tank to develop curriculum focused on educating students on the global water crisis. The Think Tank is made up of 10 current and former educators, administrators and staff from across the country that have experience in in teaching and best […]
Read More →Pro-lifers to protest outside Planned Parenthood, release anti-GOP video
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) Jan. 24, 2013 – Pro-life leaders will descend on Washington, D.C. today in front of Planned Parenthood to pray for an end to abortion and then release a video chastising Republican leaders who funding abortion. The national leaders will release their first video today at 10 a.m. demanding the U.S. House of […]
Read More →What are the most—and least—‘Bible-minded’ cities?
VENTURA, Calif. (WordNews.org) Jan. 23, 2013 – There’s no surprise that according to Barna Group’s latest survey, the South remains reigning champs in terms of being the most Bible-minded. But if you thought New York City or Las Vegas would be fighting for the bottom of the list, you may be surprised. Barna conducted 42,855 […]
Read More →Hundreds of events planned nationwide for National Marriage Week
NEW YORK (WordNews.org) Jan. 23, 2013 – The week leading up to Valentine’s Day is being dubbed National Marriage Week and hundreds of events are being planned across the country and in more than 20 countries, organizers said. A group in Kankakee County, Illinois, is setting up a booth in a shopping mall from Feb. […]
Read More →Roe v. Wade: 40 years later
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNew.org) Jan. 22, 2013 – Forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court made abortion legal across the nation. One pro-life group is commemorating the day by placing 3,300 flowers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, one flower for each baby aborted each day. “On the 40th Memorial of Roe v. Wade, our […]
Read More →Saturdays with Jamie Grace: The end of one dream, the beginning of another (Part 2)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WordNews.org) Jan. 19, 2013 – Christian singer and songwriter Jamie Grace — who’s rocking out at the Winter Jam Tour with the likes of tobyMac and Matthew West — accepted Jesus has her Lord and Savior when she was 7 years old. The daughter of a pastor, she was singing in church her […]
Read More →New Christian movie ‘Flowers for Fannie’targets seniors
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (WordNews.org) Jan. 16, 2013 – Fannie is an elderly woman who hides her loneliness with crankiness. That doesn’t stop Louise, a lonely young woman, from befriending her. That’s the premise of “Flowers for Fannie,” a new faith-based film that encourages young adults to look at the elderly with a fresh perspective. “When I […]
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