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6 spiritual games for teaching childen to pray

Friday, August 5th, 2016

David Ireland, a pastor from New Jersey has published a book  of prayer exercises that people can try with their children. Raising a Child Who Prays provides practical parenting tips, easy-to-do action steps at the end of each chapter, simple prayers, and prayer exercises any parent and child can do together.  Continue reading

Armageddon postponed: the world did not end on Saturday

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

A YouTube video uploaded by the End Times Prophecies asking Why The World Will End Surely on 29 July 2016? Shocking Facts has racked up more than five millions views. Produced by Armageddon News and broadcast on the End Times Prophecies YouTube channel, the film says the bible predicts how a polar shift will trigger worldwide Read more

Does Da Vinci’s The Last Supper have hidden meaning?

Friday, July 29th, 2016

Da Vinci’s The Last Supper plays a key role in the 2006 blockbuster hit The Da Vinci Code. Although the film’s claims are more fiction than fact, could the painting actually contain a message from Leonardo. It plays a key role in Ron Howard’s Blockbuster The Da Vinci code.  Mario Taddei, a Da Vinci expert Read more

This video went viral: Nuns dancing for WYD

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

World Youth Day in Poland is just around the corner, and lots of groups of have been making music videos to the music of the event. One video with a group of dancing nuns from the order of the Polish saint, St. Faustina. The dancing nuns video has gone viral! Watch the video

Fake monks aggressively begging on streets

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Men sporting shaved heads and robes who impersonate Buddhist monks and aggressively panhandle for donations are once again proliferating in New York City and countries around the world, the authorities said. Reports of the fake monks spiked two years ago, then waned. But now they are back in force from Times Square to the High Read more

Shocking information is interesting…but it hurts the soul

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

Let’s face it, shocking information is interesting. But, it is wrong to entertain it. If we don’t spread gossip or talk negatively about others, yet find ourselves in the position of hearing it, how can that hurt us personally? 10 reasons why even just listening to gossip or unjust detraction is harmful to our spiritual Read more

Anglicans won’t comment on Christ Church Cathedral until December

Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

The Anglican diocese will not answer any questions about the Christ Church Cathedral until December, a spokesman says. Anglican diocese spokesman Jayson Rhodes said there would be no comment on the cathedral until a Government-appointed working party considering options for the damaged building reports back by December 7. “The Diocese sees no need for any Read more

Philistines were really quite stylish after all

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Philistines were no “philistines”, say archaeologists who unearthed a 3000-year-old cemetery in which members of the biblical nation were buried along with jewellery and perfumed oil. Little was known about the Philistines prior to the recent excavation in the Israeli port city of Ashkelon. The famed arch enemies of the ancient Israelites – Goliath was Read more

‘Mosque-mobile’ makes praying easier in gridlocked Jakarta

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

JAKARTA: As the call to prayer rang out across the Indonesian capital, Sutikno faced a dilemma – the devout Muslim needed to set off through Jakarta’s notorious traffic to pick up his wife but did not want to miss out on worshipping. However for him and others juggling the demands of hectic, 21st century life Read more

Papal Ninja inspires with skill — and faith

Friday, July 8th, 2016

Two minutes and thirty seconds is all it took for Sean Bryan to complete the Los Angeles qualifier round of American Ninja Warrior. On Bryan’s bright-yellow shirt was written: “Papal Ninja.” “I thought, ‘How could I be a bit more explicit about my faith?’” Bryan told CNA, “because it is quite explicit in my life.” Read more