“Hold fast” is not a phrase we often use in this culture. But in the original Greek, hold fast means not only to embrace, but to embrace with force as if someone is trying to take something from you. In other words, you’ve got to have a firm grip or ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 11:17AM
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America's Wire
Washington, DC (June 1, 2011) -- High rates of obesity, high blood pressure and inadequate prenatal care cause death from childbirth more often for African-Americans in the United States than for whites and other ethnic groups. Worse ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 1:10AM
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This Past May was Elder Abuse Awareness Month; According to the American Psychological Association, elder abuse occurs when senior citizens are assaulted, mistreated, or taken advantage of, whether the abuse is intentional or not. Abuse can be verbal ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 1:05AM
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If you are not a parent, you still can help others move toward the heart of God by praying for them. Jesus reflected God’s own heart when he prayed for the disciples, and we reflect God’s heart when we pray for our children. We can pray that our c ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 12:41AM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Are you worried about high blood pressure in yourself, a family member, or a friend? Your concern is well founded. If left untreated, high blood pressure can lead to a range of health problems, including heart disease and stroke. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 12:26AM
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Are you a fan of Oprah Winfrey or did you ever watch her popular television program over the last twenty-five years? Millions of people were drawn to the Oprah Winfrey Show not just because of a hunger for gossip or celebrity gawking or even her cha ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 12:15AM
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You know about Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the civil rights movement. But did you know that his dream of life and liberty for all was a family vision? Today on Home School Heartbeat, Dr. Alveda King joins host Mike Farris.
Mike Farris:
Dr. K ...
Posted Wednesday, June 8th 2011 at 12:04AM
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TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
We serve a mighty God who wants to do great things in the lives of His people! So many people today struggle with believing that God desires good things for them. Maybe they grew up being taught that God was mad a ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 11:52PM
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LONDON - Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting a London apartment — in a palace —Palace officials said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — as the newlyweds are formally known now — would use a small refurbished apartment at Kensington Palace ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 10:37PM
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That was the question Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) attempted to answer.
Their conclusion: Denmark.
The OECD looked at data from 34 countries, assessing work-life balance in their well-being index, the ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 10:20PM
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(Best Syndication News) - A new prescription medication Tradjenta (linagliptin) has gained the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval for the treatment of adult Type 2 diabetes. Tradjenta can be used alone or with other treatments to help l ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 11:28AM
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> The efforts of you and more than 75,000 other ColorOfChange members paid
> off.^1 Psychology Today has now agreed to remove controversial author
> Satoshi Kanazawa, the author of a deeply offensive article regarding Black
> women, ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:35AM
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How do you get information to stick in your student's long-term memory?
Think back to your own school days. Do you recall any particular "learning moments"? Why do you remember them?
The two main ways to get information into a student's long-ter ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:29AM
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Kim Clement:
Prophesied on May 10, 2011 from The Matrix:
The labor pains that you are feeling in America and all over the world are proof that something is about to be born. Something, I prophesy to you, is about to be born which will shake the e ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:24AM
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Few realize that the groundwork for an overcoming lifestyle begins in their prayer closet. Not only is it the place of training and preparation, but it is also the place of overcoming. Battles rage across the earth for the hearts of men and women, ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:19AM
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Angela Hildenbrand used her 15 minutes of fame wisely — focused on prayer. While the nation watched, the valedictorian said a prayer at Saturday’s graduation ceremony at Medina Valley High School, near San Antonio. Just a few days earlier, a federal ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:10AM
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This week's topic: Generational Blessings: The character qualities of Joseph are revealed in Genesis forty-five. Joseph refuses to retaliate against his brothers, but rather he sets his family up for a breakthrough blessing. He transitions his family ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 1:01AM
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(VIA My Praise Atlanta) As My Praise Atlanta reported earlier, the Rev. Bernice King has announced that she is stepping down as an elder at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. King said her decision to leave her post is unrelated to Bishop Eddie Lo ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 12:55AM
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(BlackDoctor.org) -- Lupus has many shades. It can affect people of different races, ethnicities, and ages, both men and women. It can look like different diseases. It's different for every person who has it and anyone can get it. But African America ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 12:48AM
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Tranquility—a little peace and quiet—I need more of it. Do you? For the average American woman, rest has become an illusive dream. More often than not, we are stressed with the double burden of working a full-time job and taking care of family. For m ...
Posted Tuesday, June 7th 2011 at 12:39AM
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Yesterday afternoon, a clip started making the rounds of Bradley Cooper promoting "The Hangover Part II," which is called (apparently, in English, which is the strangest part about it), "Very Bad Trip 2" in France, in an interview on French TV. Thing ...
Posted Friday, June 3rd 2011 at 2:45PM
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Nurse Carolyne Mujibi went to work in Kenya's largest hospital after her father died there — from nursing neglect, she believes. Too much work, too little pay and an assault by a frustrated patient chipped away at her desire to try t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2011 at 12:45PM
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– On May 13, Representative James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced H.R.1929, a bill to provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States. The bill will re-establish a Schedule A employment-based immigrant category in which 20,000 register ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2011 at 12:29PM
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Your student can read the word knowledge, but he spells knowlej.
He can read the word scissors, but he spells sissers .
If he can read these words, why can't he spell them? It doesn't make sense, does it?
After all, spelling appears to be just ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2011 at 1:15AM
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"Most eternal God, as Americans, We want to thank you for this great country. We are not proud, but humbled, that in your divine sovereignty we were born or naturalized in such a nation as this.
Thank you for those serving and who have served in ...
Posted Tuesday, May 31st 2011 at 1:10AM
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