When Dwyane Wade heard the plight of a South Florida woman whose nephew accidentally burned down her home — and ruined all the family’s possessions — the Miami Heat star knew he had to do something.
Archive for the ‘Life’ category
Dwayne Wade Gives Family New Home for Christmas
December 26, 2008No God–And No Abortions, by Lisa Miller of Newsweek
November 30, 2008Before the election I wrote a piece for NEWSWEEK.com about white evangelicals and abortion. In that piece, I predicted that conservative Christians would not move in large numbers away from the Republican Party because of their fundamental theological and cultural objections to abortion.
Pastor Ed Young’s ‘Sexperiment’ Results (Video)
November 22, 2008On Sunday, a Texas preacher sat on a bed near his pulpit and offered an unusual challenge to the married couples in his congregation: Have sex every day for a week. “Sadly, the church has been silent over a topic that God is not silent about,” said the Rev. Ed Young, founder of the nondenominational Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas.
In Bad Economy, Divorcing is Even Harder To Do
November 18, 2008Bonnie Rabin is fond of saying that divorce lawyers are a bit like liquor stores. They’re busiest in the really good times, and the really bad. These, of course, would be the bad times.
Survey Shows Unhappy People Watch Lots More TV
November 18, 2008Unhappy people glue themselves to the television 30 percent more than happy people. The finding, announced on Thursday, comes from a survey of nearly 30,000 American adults conducted between 1975 and 2006 as part of the General Social Survey.
Nebraska Parents Rush to Leave Children at Hospitals Before ‘Safe Haven’ Law Changes
November 14, 2008The mother was running out of more than patience when she abandoned her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital over the weekend under Nebraska’s safe-haven law. She was also running out of time: She knew that state lawmakers would soon meet in a special session to amend the ill-fated law so that it would apply to newborns only.
Pastor Ed Young Wants Married Couples to have Sex Every Day for a Week
November 12, 2008God may have rested on the seventh day, but the Rev. Ed Young wants married couples to have sex all week long. Once a day. Beginning this Sunday.
Teen Pregnancies Linked to Sex-Laced TV, Study Shows
November 4, 2008Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher
among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior
than among those who have tamer viewing tastes.