Moving Beyond Hotel Bibles, Gideons in Canada Announce New Name

ShareWord will continue to distribute Scripture, but emphasize church partnerships and equipping Christians for evangelism. Say “Gideons,” and the vision that comes to mind for most people is Bibles in hotel nightstands and pocket-sized Scriptures passed out to students. It’s a recognized brand, with a well-publicized purpose, but it’s getting a new moniker in Canada. Gideons International in Canada will now be known as ShareWord Global. “God has called us to... Read More

Florida investigating potential ‘vaccine passport’ law violators, including Miami Marlins, Kravis and Broward performing arts centers, and counterterrorism squad

Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, said by email Monday that “from a public health standpoint, there is no doubt that there should not be a ban on vaccine passports, quite the opposite,” adding that “quite simply, there is no medical, public health, scientific, or economic justification for the positions taken to ban vaccine passports.” ... Read More

What’s Lost When Prison Mail Goes Digital?

Christian ministries are concerned about the Biden administration’s efforts to expand a Trump program of scanning letters. Pastor Frank Switzer has written thousands of letters to men in prison. During his first tentative years as a young pastor, a woman in his congregation in Phoenix approached the pulpit one Sunday and asked him to write to her son, who had just been sentenced to five years. Switzer’s yes turned into a long list of correspondents spanning more than two decades of... Read More

Father of 19-year-old Pembroke Pines woman murdered in Orlando announces funeral plans

On Sunday, Marlon Marcano wrote perhaps the most painful words a father could write: “These are the funeral arrangements set for My Princess Miya Marcano.” He posted those words to … Click to Continue » ... Read More

There’s an uptick in activity in the tropics with two disturbances located east of the Caribbean

A tropical wave located east-southeast of the far eastern Caribbean is forecast to move in the general direction of the Bahamas this week. It is expected to bring heavy rain and winds to areas such as Puerto Rico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. By midweek, it should reach the southeastern Bahamas. With wind shear not as strong at that point, chances will be more favorable for its development. ... Read More