“Orphans and vulnerable children are not a cause. They are a biblical and social mandate we can’t ignore. A country half the size of the U.S—that’s how many orphans there are in the world. We’re not talking about a small problem.”
Rick Warren
Pastor and author, speaking at a forum on orphans and adoption at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. (Orange County Register/RNS)
“Neither new nor old models of news reporting can survive without the revenue to support them. We the people should demand high-quality reporting from news organizations. But we may also have to demand something of ourselves—the willingness to pay more for journalism. The future of democracy and the common good may depend on it.”
Christian Century magazine
(RNS)
“He said, ‘You're not going to believe this, but I'm the messiah.’”
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Michael Cohen
Who tackled Adam Disabato of Pittsburgh after the car he was driving struck the steps of Poale Zedeck synagogue (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/RNS)
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