Considered one of the most prolific writer of the early popes and the last pope of African origin of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Saint Gelasius I is known to have declared February 14, 496 A.D., as the first Feast Day of Saint Valentine. read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Recent studies of neuroimaging have connected the frontal, parietal, and temporal cortexes with the individual's spiritual experiences. Unfortunately, what has been seriously lacking previously has been the causative link between the spirituality read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
As I write, the Mardi Gras is currently going on in New Orleans; not only celebrating this city's historical event but also the winning of the Super Bowl last week-end by the New Orleans Saints. A huge celebration of fantastic food, cultural read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Since January 2005, sensitive data of more than 216 million U.S. residents have been compromised with unencrypted data on stolen or lost laptops a major source. Blood plasma thefts, insulin thefts, and data of blood donors are just beginning read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
Recently the organization "Doctors Without Borders" announced they had reached the quota of donated money to do their work in Haiti, but people still keep on donating through small grass-roots parties around the United States. Eight-nine percent read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
With Haiti having the highest tuberculosis rate in the American countries, the devastated country's TB levels are now getting ready to drastically increase. With prior heavy numbers in Haiti before the disaster, fly-infested tuberculosis clinics read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Homelessness, Poverty
In the past five years, the UK has reported that 50% more women have been arrested for being drunk and disorderly conduct, a growth which began in 1953 in the United States. The problem with this growth is that it has been found that heavy drinking read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
James N. Watkins looks at the Christmas Story from a refreshing perspecitive. read more
By:
Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Frankie Sherman shares the importance of the rold of the angel Gabriel in the Christmas Story. read more
By:
Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
Jennifer Kennedy Dean's encouragement for believers on the topic of grace and freedom from legalism. read more
By:
Kathy Carlton Willis Comm.
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion