It was our first Christmas season as a family of four, and we were excited to attend our new church’s lessons-and-carols service. As my husband carried our infant daughter into the service, I noticed my son marveling at the decorations and the music. I could see him taking it all in with reverence and delight. After a few hymns my son didn’t know, it was clear he wanted to sing something familiar. Unfortunately, his song of choice was not in our hymnal. As he continued to express with... Read More
Don’t ‘Spiritually Bypass’ Your Church-Hurt Neighbor
“Pray, believe, and receive—or doubt and do without” was a phrase I often heard in my Christian circle. And although it was not intended to be a harmful adage, it became one. That is, after I worked at a ministry where I was bullied, isolated, and left to fend for myself. When I finally decided to quit, friends and family still expected me to keep going to church. But I was so wounded from what I had experienced that the thought of attending church literally made me sick to my... Read More
Today in History: September 20, Billie Jean King wins “Battle of the Sexes”
Today is Friday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 2024. There are 102 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “Battle of the Sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, in the Houston Astrodome. Also on this date: In 1519, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew set out from Spain on five ships to find a western passage to the Spice Islands. (Magellan was killed en route, but one of his ships... Read More
Daily Horoscope for September 20, 2024
General Daily Insight for September 20, 2024 Today is mired in astrological murk. The Moon in Aries is pushing us along at a dizzying pace as it squares off alchemical Pluto, though things slow down once Luna slips into Taurus. Meanwhile, Venus in Libra will make an uncomfortable quincunx to Uranus, shaking up our value systems. Regardless, solutions will probably be difficult to find when the Sun in Virgo opposes Neptune in Pisces at 8:17 pm EDT. We would all be wise to avoid jumping to... Read More
Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from roofs during a West Bank raid
By JULIA FRANKEL and MAJDI MOHAMMED, Associated Press QABATIYA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the northern part of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to an Associated Press journalist at the scene and video obtained by AP. An AP journalist in the town of Qabatiya witnessed three soldiers push the bodies off the roofs of adjacent multi-story buildings, sending them falling out of view. It was the latest in... Read More
McArthur High student dies after apparent lightning strike in Pembroke Pines
An 11th-grade student at McArthur High School died Wednesday evening after he was apparently struck by lightning in Pembroke Pines, not far from the school, according to officials. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: September 19, 2024 at 6:02 p.m. ... Read More
Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff’s office after torture of 2 Black men
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth, officials said Thursday. The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a pattern or... Read More
BCPS Celebrates Choose Peace/Stop Violence Week, September 20 – 27, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024 Join Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) in kicking off Choose Peace/Stop Violence Week on Friday, September 20, 2024, by wearing white, as the color symbolizes peace, in taking a stance against violence. ... Read More
No bail for owner of Broward company that was supposed to provide care for starved 7-year-old
Mirlande Moltimer, the woman who ran the company that was supposed to provide around-the-clock in-home nursing care to a little boy who starved to death last Christmas, will not be allowed to post bond and go free, a Broward judge ruled Thursday. Originally Published: September 19, 2024 at 4:50 p.m. ... Read More
Disbarred South Florida lawyer faces jail for contempt
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced a disbarred Fort Lauderdale attorney to jail after he continued to practice law. Justices in a unanimous opinion upheld a referee’s recommendation that Jeffrey Alan Norkin be held in contempt, but it went further than a recommendation that he receive a 10-day jail sentence. The Supreme Court sentenced Norkin to 60 days in the Broward Main Jail, with 50 days suspended if Norkin successfully completes five months of probation. “This (Supreme)... Read More