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Congress still shy of SCHIP override
Congress again has passed legislation to expand a popular children’s health insurance program, and it again has done so without the votes required to overcome a presidential veto. more »
by: Tom Strode - Nov 2, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Living, Finances, Health, Parenting, Citizenship, Legislation, National
Running: spiritual training, Paul-style
Christina Dortch loves to run. It’s good stress relief from her graduate school classes, not to mention good exercise.
But she would be lying if she said it was easy to get up and run each morning. more »
by: Grace Thornton - Oct 26, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Living, Health
Rubber meets the road: State Baptist churches use running as avenue for ministry
Richie Bruce doesn’t have to look far to see the difference his church’s latest ministry has made on him.
Bruce, a member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills, in Birmingham Baptist Association, has lost about 40 pounds since Pastor Danny Wood challenged the church to start running at the first of the year. more »
by: Grace Thornton - Oct 26, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
House fails in attempt to override Bush SCHIP veto
The House of Representatives failed Oct. 18 to override President Bush’s veto of a bill expanding a popular children’s health insurance program. more »
by: Tom Strode - Oct 18, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Children, Living, Finances, Health, Parenting, Citizenship, Legislation, National
No gamblers sitting in pew next to you? Don’t bet on it!
“Adam” doesn’t consider himself one of the lucky ones, although there were many days he hoped he would be as he stuffed every last cent in his pocket into a slot machine hoping he’d hit the jackpot that would change his life forever. more »
by: Bob Nigh - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Addictions, Gambling, Living, Finances
Halter proposes ballot vote on state lottery
Despite the best efforts of Arkansas Baptists and others interested in moral issues, lottery proposals seem to keep popping up year after year. more »
by: Charlie Warren - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Addictions, Gambling, Living, Finances, Citizenship, Legislation
Moldova: Providing clean water and sharing Living Water
PRINCE FREDERICK, Md.—Val Ham, a member of Lexington Park Church, couldn’t believe her eyes when she went to Moldova for the first time in 1996, a year after BCM/D began a six year partnership with the country and five years after Moldova gained its independence from the U.S.S.R. more »
by: Sharon Mager - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
New use for old sheets: FBC Bay Minette’s ‘First Ladies’ roll bandages for use in
For seven or eight years now, “The First Ladies” of First Baptist Church, Bay Minette, in Baldwin Baptist Association have been impacting the lives of people they will probably never meet. more »
by: Anna Swindle - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Living, Health
Fruits, veggies can fend off heart disease, stroke, some cancers
I have trouble chewing.”
“Food just doesn’t taste the same anymore.”
“It’s hard to cook for one person.”
“I’m just not that hungry anymore.” more »
by: Carrie Brown McWhorter - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Family, Elderly, Living, Health
Dementia affects whole family; churches have chance to minister
The first signs may seem minor — lost car keys, a misplaced checkbook. But then a kitchen fire caused by a pot forgotten on the stove or an angry reaction to not being able to find the right word makes it clear this is no minor problem and may, in fact, be a sign of dementia. more »
by: Carrie Brown McWhorter - Oct 15, 2007 - topic(s): Faith, Ministry, Family, Elderly, Living, Health