When a reporter sits through a two hour round table or meeting of a politician and community faith leaders, it’s hard to summarize lively moral discussion in a small article.
A community newspaper writer in Milton shows how hard it is. While quotes are used in this article, you’d think from the coverage Baptists were politically illiterate [...]

Toronto Star:
A provincially funded Christian group is appealing part of a tribunal ruling that found it violated the rights of a worker who had to quit after revealing she was gay.
Background here.
There is no word on which remedy(s) the organization lawyers are appealing. This business was co-operative on a past complaint, and has been given a flexible time frame [...]

Steve Paiken’s back story on Mark Steyn and the Maclean’s Three.
To Steyn’s credit, he may have offered the first olive branch when he said as I was closing the show, “would you guys like to go for dinner?” One of the lawyers immediately said, “No!” They may not have broken bread, but they did continue [...]

With all the confusion and strong emotion expressed this week by many people wanting to know about a style of ministry getting media attention in Florida, it’s time to refocus.
Here is a blessing from a UK singer named Aled Jones.
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace [...]

For 11 years anti-abortionists have gathered in Ottawa for a few days of marching, mass and seminars. This year they had 2 US speakers. A 43 year old Ottawa police officer, directing traffic around the march was hit by a car yesterday.
I wonder how many of the the protesters cared enough to send him a card [...]

Try to think about this.
You survive a cyclone with winds of 190 km/per hour. Storm surges bring 12 foot waves inland. You live on a delta, and 5 thousand square kilometres around you flood. 95% of buildings are destroyed.
Everything is flattened. People you know are dead or injured. There is no infrastructure, communication systems are down, [...]

 (NASA)
before & after
 
CBC:
The new estimates come as UN officials warn that delays in issuing visas to relief workers are hampering aid efforts and increasing the risk of a major health crisis.
A number of agencies continue to wait to be granted entry visas by the military junta, which has ruled the country since 1962. Aid groups [...]

I owe Mark Byron a thank you. A few weeks ago he picked up on a Canadian charismatic holding meetings at his old stomping grounds in Florida.  He posted again  as 32 year old Todd Bentley of Fresh Fire Ministries started getting puff pieces by charismatic media, traditional media and websites in the US. Mark warns against being [...]