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'There is a God up there, and he is watching' Pentecostal church groups are growing fast in Zimbabwe, where an estimated 70-80% of the population is Christian David Smith Africa Correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 August 2009 11.23 BST A new church member is baptized in milk near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images "Arise with…

By TOM BREEN, Associated Press Writer Tom Breen, Associated Press Writer – Wed Aug 12, 12:12 pm ET CHARLESTON, W.Va. – As the economy continues to grind away at jobs, homes and lifetimes' of savings, Bishop Thomas D. Jakes looks back from his position as one of America's most successful preachers and remembers his own hard times. via news.yahoo.com…

By Omar Sacirbey (UNDATED) Calculus and chemistry are among the pressures awaiting Mesuka Akter, a senior this year at Long Island City High School in New York City. But unlike past school years, Akter, a Muslim, will not have to choose between missing school and missing the two holiest days on the Islamic calendar. via…

Nicole Neroulias, Religion News Service A Virginia jail will stop censoring religious mail after protests from civil rights organizations that clerks had turned Bible-quoting missives from an inmate's mother into tattered strips of paper signed "Love, Mom." Rappahannock Regional Jail authorities agreed to change the policy after receiving a letter signed by the Becket Fund…

TORONTO—All kids like to use their imagination, and many play fantasy games where they pretend to be characters in a made-up world. Some children persist in building especially elaborate imaginary worlds, with impressive depth in terms of histories, taxonomies, language and maps. This detailed, sustained "world play" may be an early marker of broad, general…

I am posting these for me and sharing them with you. I have loved "The Five Mystical Songs" by Vaughan Williams since I sang the baritone solos in college. Several have been part of my repertoire ever since. This is going to stir you whether or not you embrace the message from these George Herbert…

"At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he's seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't." – Clarence S. Darrow I guess I'll have to wait 16 years to find out, but I do not believe that is true in…

We admire self-discipline, but could too much control be a bad thing? By Wray Herbert Self-control is one of our most cherished values. We applaud those who have the discipline to regulate their appetites and actions, and we try hard to instill this virtue in our children. Think of the marketing slogans that key off…

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They're called "free car" programs or "get paid to drive" promotions. These programs do exist, although they aren't as plentiful as they once were. The key is knowing where to look and having what it takes to make you an ideal advertising driver. via finance.yahoo.com  to READ MORE This sounds like good work if you…