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"Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Teresa Giudice has been going to church while in prison and praying for an early release, according to excerpts from her diary.
The mother of four has been incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, since Jan. 5, after a judge sentenced her to serve 15 months in prison following a bankruptcy fraud conviction. In newly released excerpts from her prison diary, the Bravo TV stars opens up about life behind bars and says that she feels God's presence guiding her.
"Great mass. I enjoy [going to church], it makes me feel good after I go and during. I feel like God is really present there with me," she wrote in one passage obtained by Us magazine. more >>
A 10-year-old boy in Pakistan was allegedly tortured with a stick by his Islamic school teacher after he refused to do construction work on a mosque in the Punjab province.
The Pakistani news site Dawn.com reported that the boy, named only as Tayyab, who is a student at Jamia Ishadal Quran seminary in the Noorpur village in the town of Pakpattan, was brutally beaten by an Islamic cleric until he passed out on Sunday.
Rozi Khan, Tayyab's father, told local media that he was alerted that his son was being physically assaulted when two of his son's classmates came to him and told him that Tayyab was being held by the cleric. more >>
A fire that broke out in South Carolina on Tuesday at a historic black church once destroyed by the Klu Klux Klan, was not intentionally lit, according to a report.
Twenty years after two members of the KKK torched Greeleyville's Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, the community again watched it burn in flames on Tuesday evening although federal law enforcement officials reportedly said that a preliminary investigation has ruled out arson. Investigators are trying to determine whether lightning may have caused the fire.
"You feel sorry, it's devastating to put the church and the community back through the same thing. Even though it was 20 years ago, it seems like it was just yesterday," Mayor Jesse Parker of Greeleyville told CNN. "We stood out here last night, the church folks, the pastor and we had a prayer vigil as the church burned … This is a Christian community, our churches are cornerstones of our community so I'm quite sure the church will rebuild." more >>
The First Church of Cannabis, a so-called religious group, says it will abstain from using marijuana during its opening worship service, according to it's leader, amid concerns that police might arrest those in attendance because pot is illegal in Indiana.
The Indianapolis-based "church," which garnered national headlines earlier this year by becoming an officially recognized religious sect, announced Monday that marijuana will not be part of its first service.
Bill Levin, leader of the group, commented on social media that he's concerned about potential police action against the First Church of Cannabis if people use the banned substance during Wednesday's service. more >>
Fox News contributor Father Jonathan Morris, who serves in the Archdiocese of New York, said two men spat on him during Sunday's NYC Pride parade in an unprovoked attack, following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage.
In a Facebook post shared with his 283,000 followers on Sunday, the Roman Catholic Priest of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the Bronx, New York, said that he was attacked by two men while walking down Broadway and 22nd Street during Sunday's gay pride festivities. It is unclear whether Morris, 42, filed a police report after the alleged incident and the suspects have not been identified.
"Walking down Broadway and 22nd Street just now, I ran into gay marriage parade. Two men walked by and spat on me. Oh well ... I deserve worse," he wrote in a June 28 Facebook post, later adding: "The two men who spat on me are probably very good men caught up in excitement and past resentment. Most in that parade would not do that." more >>
Following a mid-June attack on a Christian church in the Indian town of Attingal in Kerala state, Hindu radicals have threatened to wipe out a Christian congregation and burn the church's pastor if they continue to worship and pray in there.
According to International Christian Concern, a U.S.-based Christian persecution monitoring organization, a mob of 200 angry Hindus surrounded the Reaching the World with Love Ministries Church in Attingal on June 14, while about 400 congregants were in the middle of their Sunday worship service.
As the large mob shouted loud Hindu chants, including "Bharat Mathaki" [Hail Mother India], the congregation's pastor, known by the name Shiju, told ICC that 30 Hindus broke into the worship hall, charged at him while he was preaching and began beating him down and caused him internal injuries. more >>

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Despite Win, Virginia Not Yet NCAA Tournament Ready
You heard one side of the story on Virginia, now let's get real on them. Yes, all the credit in the world to the Cavaliers for their 58-55 win over NC State tonight at John Paul Jones Arena. They needed every one of those points tonight to beat a Wolf Pack team that had no Lorenzo Brown for the most part due to a rolled ankle and a not 100% CJ Leslie who was dealing with the flu. Granted Leslie still put in 20 points and 14 rebounds, but I'm not a believer in the Wahoos.
There's no doubting the defense that UVA plays as they have not allowed a single ACC opponent to score 60 points this season. Only three opponents have broken that mark this season and two of them beat the Cavaliers. I can't buy a team that doesn't have too many reliable scoring options on the offensive end. Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell are nice players, but there is a drop off there offensively. Mike Tobey showed flashes tonight, but he's a freshman who may hit the wall by the time March hits.
Before tonight's win, Virginia had a strength of schedule of 253 with a non-conference strength of schedule of 336. There are 347 teams overall so they are towards the bottom. They were ranked 272 in points scored and 263 in rebounds per game. They have not really been challenged in conference. Tonight is completely different if Lorenzo Brown plays the whole game. Four of their next six are on the road in conference including games at Maryland, Georgia Tech and Miami.
All of these facts may not sway you to my side yet, but I've held out the number one piece of evidence. December 22nd at the Richmond Coliseum, these same Cavaliers lost to Old Dominion who has a whopping two wins this season. Yes it was a neutral court, but the majority of the fans there were Wahoo lovers. One game does not make a team, but how can you trust a squad that has a loss to one of the worst teams in the NCAA? Not to mention, they have also lost to Wake Forest, Delaware, George Mason and Clemson.
Bottom line is this…nice win tonight, but I want to see more from the team before I give them a field of 68 spot and a win or two in the process.
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"[Former Juventus midfielder Emanuele] Giaccherini has not been here long, but already you can see from his first touch he's got that bit of class - it's very pleasing on the eye.
"His link-up play with the strikers looks good and if we can get him fully fit and get Jozy Altidore banging in goals, alongside Sess [Stephane Sessegnon], who's looking fantastic, it's going to be exciting.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015sbaker : July 29, 2015 4:00 am
Sara Thompson
"'You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all of your heart. I will be found by you,' declares the Lord…" Jeremiah 29:13-14
Several years ago I watched a documentary called The Privileged Planet which went into great scientific detail about how unique our planet is, especially as it relates to our position in the universe. One of the discoveries that these scientists made that I found the most fascinating is that our planet is placed in the universe, Milky Way, and solar system in the exact place that is best to view and discover things about our universe. If the earth were placed in other places in the Milky Way, we wouldn't be able to see or discover the universe the way that we can here (let alone have a survivable habitat). This makes me think about how God wants to be discovered. He wants to be found.
This isn't to say that we should all get out telescopes in order to find God (although creation certainly does show evidence of his creativity and majesty). God wants us to know Him – personally and intimately. Our hearts get involved in knowing him. We seek him with a desire to simply know HIM. What a great promise to us that he will be found. Our seeking will not be in vain.
Do you ever just enjoy being with God? Reflect today on times that you have sought him and found him. What are the things that distract you from seeking?
Father, thank you for your availability to us. Help us to have hearts that seek you. Amen.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015sbaker : July 28, 2015 4:00 am
Matthew 5:21-26
Jason Sniff
Anger is interesting, and by itself, is not a bad thing. In fact, when used correctly, anger is an important human emotion. It just depends upon how we use it. Anger pushes us to act when something "isn't right." Anger can be righteous – think of Jesus in the temple courts, or the pursuit to end sex trafficking. Some would say this is a "loving anger."
Anger can also be unrighteous. Think of all the times you've lost your temper, patience, said something biting, purposefully acted against someone else, etc., etc. Anger always pushes us to action. When used appropriately, it is helpful. When used inappropriately, it is hurtful. "Responding to" anger verses "reacting in" anger makes all the difference.
There's no way around this, we are all guilty of reacting in anger. Which means we all have hurt people around us. Johns Stott says, "If murder is a horrible crime, malicious anger and insult are horrible too." So, when we are hurtful, what needs to be done about it? Jesus gives us the answer in Matthew 5:24.
"Leave" – Immediately stop whatever you are doing, even if you are worshipping in church.
"Be reconciled" – change the mind (as in yours), apologize, make amends, ask for forgiveness, transform and renew the relationship.
"Come and present" – return to bearing patiently with one another.
How we respond to anger makes all the difference. Spend some time with the Lord asking him to reveal any anger in your heart. Ask him to give you the courage to make amends with those around you, then go and do it.
Monday, July 27, 2015sbaker : July 27, 2015 4:00 am
Selective Hearing
Nicki Green
"I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! Psalm 116:1, 2 NLT
Traditionally, this Psalm was sung before the Jewish Passover in the Old Testament. This Psalm was a song of worship, remembering the rescue that God had done. The writer describes a near death experience and breaks forth in proclaiming his love for God because of hearing and answering his cries for rescue.
We have a selective hearing condition in our society. Maybe you understand what I'm describing. The speaker speaks and the listener is NOT listening! Texting and social media have taken the place of face to face interaction. A catalog of emoji's are used to illustrate feelings rather than verbally communicated. You can choose who or what you "follow." We live in a world of digital shortcuts and quick soundbites.
The ironic thing is with all the various methods of communication, more and more people feel unheard. There have become so many forms of speaking that the hearing gets lost. Because our email, text, and social media walks around with us, if we don't have an immediate response, we become frustrated or feel ignored.
The good news is that God hears. God responds. If you're feeling discouraged and not heard, remember that God is near and He's bending down listening carefully to every prayer you pray. Worship and thank the Lord for hearing your voice.
Saturday, July 25, 2015sbaker : July 25, 2015 4:00 am
John 04:01-26
Caleb Baker
Read through this story. I know you've read it before (100 times); but read through it with fresh eyes today.
I love this story for so many reasons; Jesus didn't fall into the "norms" of the culture that he was living in. Just like in America in 2015, there was a "way to do things" back in Jesus' day in the area that he was living in. There were people that you talked to and people that you didn't talk to. There were things that weren't to be talked about, just like we have nowadays.
The woman in this story knows these same norms and expectations; "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" She's as blown away by Jesus as we should be; she learned that day that Jesus doesn't count anyone out because of who they are. There isn't a people group or gender or skin color that counts you out. Jesus goes to the "enemy," the Samaritans, and engages them. He talks to them, treats them with dignity.
The story goes on and we find out that she's had several different husbands and she's currently with a man that isn't her husband. She's got some baggage, she hurts, she has parts of her story that she's not proud of. Jesus knows this about her and he shares that the good news and love of God the Father is open to all types of people from all types of backgrounds. She learns that Jesus doesn't count anyone out because of what they've done. She wasn't perfect; she had very big mistakes. But Jesus still invited her into this news. Let this encourage you today; but also remember this is how Jesus is when you're interacting with people that don't look like you and people that have some serious baggage.
Friday, July 24, 2015sbaker : July 24, 2015 4:00 am
Eternal Focus
Karen Norris
As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 ESV
We have, well actually had, a Bradford pear tree in our front yard that we planted when we moved in 13 years ago, and it was just getting to the point where it provided decent shade. The tree looked great in April, but by May we noticed the leaves had turned brown and large branches on the tree were void of life. Our tree continued to decline and we were bummed when we found out we needed to have it cut down. Even trees have life spans.
There are very few things that can be counted on to last forever. Our souls are eternal and they will remain even when our earthly bodies decay. That's why it's so important for us to look beyond the physical and focus on the spiritual. There is life beyond what we are experiencing at this moment.
So often I start my day with an eternal perspective, but in no time I have my head buried in transient tasks and my perspective is shot. For me, keeping an eternal focus has to be intentional. How about you? What do you plan on spending your energy and resources on today? Will you take some time to focus on things that will last or will your time be absorbed by the immediate emergencies? Just like my pear tree, our time on earth will end, but our relationship with our heavenly Father and how we share His love with others will last into eternity. Pray today that you keep focused on the things that are unseen and last!
Thursday, July 23, 2015sbaker : July 23, 2015 4:00 am
"Silent Praise"
Charlie Welke
But the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2.20
I am a person well-rehearsed in praise – my problem is in the object, not the ability. Whenever we ascribe glory, worth, or weight to something manmade, we place ourselves in the pathway of harm. In the Old Testament, this practice was called idolatry.
Unfortunately, I am still an idol worshiper.
I praise Lebron, I praise Apple, I praise artists like T. Swift and Jay-Z (apparently when your name can be reduced to a letter it is inherently understood that you are worthy of praise). I praise my friends, I praise my siblings, and on my more Christian days, I even praise those who are more wealthy, healthy and handsome than me.
Psalm 115 reminded me of the futility of idols. Habakkuk goes on a similar rant against idolatry (the five "woes" of Habakkuk 2). But Habakkuk 2 comes to a conclusion that has helped me to redirect my praise this week.
Is it possible that silence can be praise?
Much of my praise verbage is just that – verbal. I think about singing, speaking, and sharing all the great things that God has done, is doing, and promises to do. I've always assumed that praise required sound, but I'm beginning to rethink that.
In Habakkuk's prophecy, I see a powerful defense against my idolatry. Silence of the soul reorients the tongue. Apparently, in the presence of God ("his holy temple") there is reason for "all the earth" to "keep silence before him."
I've been in places that are eerily silent – like a gravesite after the final prayers have been prayed. I've also been in places that are joyfully silent – like the first few moments that parents spend gazing at a newborn child.
Somehow, today, I'm finding my soul's praise reoriented in silence. Try making some time today or this weekend for silence. See if God's presence manifests more clearly when your mouth is closed.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015sbaker : July 22, 2015 4:00 am
Praise and Peace
Sara Thompson
"Always be joyful in the Lord. I will say it again – rejoice!…Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus." Phil 4:4,6-7 (NLT)
These have been some of my favorite verses over the course of my life. In my younger years I liked the promise of peace that exceeds understanding – unfathomable peace for a time when peace doesn't make sense. I've always been drawn to stories of heroes of the faith that were joyful in times of sorrow, trouble, or persecution. I knew prayer had something to do with it, after all, it says, "pray about everything," but I missed the connection between praise and peace.
Praise helps us stand back from our troubles and remember who God IS. The main reason that we are joyful in the Lord as believers is because of our salvation and his grace that covers our sins. But our joy grows as we know him and his character. He is good, wise, loving, honorable, pure, lovely, kind, powerful, all-knowing, just, merciful, and excellent in all he does: he gives us life, purpose, worth, identity, and a family (with him). And there is so much more that can be said about him! As we dwell on all of these things (vs 8-9), all of my very real needs seem, somehow, already taken care of. Approaching God with praise actually gives me a sense of peace about asking for the things I need.
Take time to dwell on our praiseworthy God today and see if you experience his peace.


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Sandy Hook and School Prayer: The Good Old Days Are Getting Old
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Have you heard that the Good Old Days were perfect? Nothing bad ever happened back then. People respected others and all was peaceful.
News flash! The Good Old Days never happened. I've had this discussion with many people who claimed they did, and while I have respect for them and their experience, I protest. It's normal to only remember the pleasant things. We must, however, not make the mistake of making only our good memories historical fact.
The other night, we attended a wonderful Christmas concert for the middle school. We paused at the beginning with a moment of silence for the victims of Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook. The principal, who is a nice guy and cares about the kids in his charge, said that this happened because we took God out of our schools. Most of the crowd clapped for him. I did not clap. I may have irreverently rolled my eyes, actually. Not out of disrespect for him, but at the fallacy that kids saying a generic prayer every day at school was going to make sure that a shooter would not make it in the school building. The Good Old Days of school prayer were not perfect, and I wish people would remember that.
A memorial outside the Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, December 15, 2012. (Image: © Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMAPRESS.com)
I must disclose that I am a Christian. I pray. I teach my kids to pray. I have a prayer I say every day when my kids go off to school that includes a plea to bring them home safely to me. I am also happy that my kids can pray at school. Yes, they can pray at school. They can pray silently; they can pray out loud. They can hold a Bible study before and after school. They can say a prayer at an event or graduation. Student-led prayer is allowed. Government-led prayer is not allowed.
Back to the Good Old Days. In 1962, the Supreme Court stopped school-sanctioned prayer. Let's look at a few things that were going on during the years we had school prayer:
Up until 1954, it was legal to racially segregate schools. Two of my children would have had to go to different schools than my other two children -- not because of age, but because of skin color. Those same two children? We wouldn't have been allowed to adopt them at that time, because of race. Those same two children would have had to use the back door and a different bathroom and water fountain in parts of this country. This did not please God, I am sure of that.
What happened when high school girls became pregnant? They were socially stigmatized (unlike the boys who fathered the babes in most circumstances), and either coerced into surrendering their babies to closed adoption and urged to never think about their babies again, or forced to marry the father even if it wasn't the best situation for them. This did not please God. I am sure of that.
Were there drug abusers in our schools back then? Yes. Did kids participate in underage drinking back then? Yes. Was there inequality between the sexes back then? Yes. Until the '60s, my girls would not have school sports to join. Were there bullies back then? Yes. Were there ineffective teachers back then? Yes. Did all kids have the same opportunity to go to college back then? No. Hmmmm. All of these things were happening with prayer in schools. We just didn't acknowledge it as a society, or we had the old boys will be boys attitude that wasn't so helpful if you were a girl.
There have always been psychologically imbalanced people who harm others. There has always been that evil in the world. What has changed is not that prayer was taken out of schools. What has changed is technology.
We now know of all the bad things that happen as soon as they happen. It is in our faces constantly on the TV, in our phones and on our computers. We have a larger population, which leads to more people who do horrific acts. We glorify violence in our entertainment, as humans always have, but now have handheld machines with amazing graphics to play out our pretend violence. We have newer modes of acting out. We have guns that we didn't have 50 years ago because of advances in technology. Technology, like all things, can be used in good and bad ways. The gun that protects our country also can also kill our country's children. The TV that tells us to prepare for a bad storm can also spew propaganda and trashy tabloid news.
I will not go into the discussion of how we can prevent another Sandy Hook in this post. I will not talk about mental health care or First and Second Amendment issues. I feel one brewing, but right now I just want to provoke people to think past the rhetoric of school prayer's removal being the cause of all bad things that now happen in the United States. Our nation is not perfect now, just as it wasn't then. We must push through this wave of whimsy, of the Good Old Days and Prayer in Schools, and come up with real solutions.
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