Fostering Families
In the face of a lingering recession, many would-be parents who would like to adopt a child are becoming foster parents instead, taking in often hard-to-place kids.The reason, apparently, is rooted in economics...
Miss Cali Loses Her Crown
Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday. In a release first obtained by www.FOXNews.com, K2 Productions, the ind...
Berkeley School Integration Challenge Rejected
In a victory for advocates of school integration, the state Supreme Court rejected a challenge Wednesday to Berkeley's policy of considering the racial composition of students' neighborhoods in deciding wher...
I Am Standing Up: True Confessions of a Freak of Nature
I Am Standing Up: True Confessions of a Freak of NatureLuke LangZondervan, 2008, 154 pp., $9.99www.zondervan.comEvery youth worker will find a piece of his or her life in Luke Lang’s story. Luke’s...
Apostles of Comedy
Apostles of Comedy, DVD, rated PG (Language – not cursing – and Thematic Elements)Jeff Allen, Brad Stine, Anthony Griffith and Ron PearsonFirst Look Studios, 2008, 101 minutes, $13.98www.book...
Getting Fit — Inside & Out
First Place 4 HealthCarole Lewis with Marcus BrothertonRegal from Gospel Light, July 2008, 224 pp., $19.99www.gospellight.comFirst Place 4 Health: Begin with ChristRegal from Gospel Light, July 2008, 224 pp.,...
Till the Walls Fall
Till the Walls Fall, DVDDawn Pruszkowski and Tasheba DavisWorship Steps, 87 minutes, $29.99www.worshipsteps.comSpiritual warriors, don your camo vests, cargo pants and requisite tattered skirts, then clear so...
Sticks & Stones
Sticks and StonesAce CollinsZondervan, March 2009, 244 pp., $16.99www.zondervan.comAce Collins writes of something we take for granted every day with everyone we meet: the power of our words. Words have power...
Set-Apart Femininity: God’s Secret Intent for Every Young Woman
Set-Apart Femininity: God’s Sacred Intent for Every Young WomanLeslie LudyHarvest House Publishers, August 2008, 220 pp., $13.99www.harvesthousepublishers.comTaking on the Christian charge of being set-...
Losing God: Clinging to Faith Through Doubt & Depression
Losing God: Clinging to Faith Through Doubt and DepressionMatt RogersInterVarsity Press, 2008, 180 pp., $15.00www.ivpress.comDepression is one of the most serious issues plaguing humanity and one of the harde...