When both US president Barack Obama and Catholic Pope Benedict XVI advise you that your plans are a bad idea, that's usually a good sign that you should think twice about what you're doing. Terry Jones would be well advised to listen to their advice. His tiny 30 member group, ironically named the "Dove World Outreach Church" in Gainesville, Florida,...... >Read More

Tags: 9/11, burning of the Qur'an, Culture, faith, Gainsville Florida, healing. victims, hope, obama, Qur'an, reconciliation, spiritual growth, terrorists, World

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Comforting friends who have gone through significant hurt or loss is not easy. We want to support and encourage our friends during their time of trial, but often what we say can only make things worse. One of my professors, while teaching a graduate course I took called "Evil & Suffering" (not the most uplifting course name ever devised) talked...... >Read More

Tags: comfort, death, Family, grief, heartache, hope, Self, World

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Secrets secrets are no fun.  Secrets secrets hurt someone. Everyone has secrets.  I don’t care who you are; you have one, possibly two. But who are you keeping your secrets from? In a recent interview, well-known and beloved children’s author Robert Munsch shared a secret with the world.   Munsch’s books like The Paper Bag Princess...... >Read More

Tags: addication, bi-polar, Children book author, drugs, hide, hope, obessive complusive disorder, Robert Munch, secrets, World

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"An 8-year-old boy who is a Dutch citizen is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash in Libya, airline officials said Wednesday. Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament, said the child's survival, 'given this tragic event, is truly a miracle.'" (CNN) In the tragic crash of Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A330-200, Ruben van Assouw is the...... >Read More

Tags: Afriqiyah Airways, Culture, faith, fate, fluke, hope, miracle, plane crash, Ruben van Assouw, sole survivor, World

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From a distance, “disabled” always seemed like an innocuous word.  It was simply an adjective that described a set of physical circumstances.  It’s a word I’ve often used, never aware of its power.  But when a friend used that word to describe someone that I love I had a startling realization.  Up close, “disabled” sounds an awful...... >Read More

Tags: better parenting, brokenness, children, Claire Colvin, deaf, disabilities, disability, Family, family issues, health, hope, identity, parenting, special needs child

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With the Olympics coming to town, one cannot help but be aware of the concern over the homeless population.  It has been a topic front and center since we first learned that Vancouver would be holding the 2010 games.  In 2006, CTV was already reporting that the homeless population in the city may have tripled, producing numbers of up... >Read More

Tags: CTV, Culture, erwin mcmanus, help, homeless, hope, nicole wiebe, shelter, soul cravings, volunteer, World

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