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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Thank God – literally – for the Hands and Feet Project, in Jacmel, Haiti. The city was devastated by the magnitude-7 earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12. With the epicenter halfway between PAP and Jacmel and the media focus in PAP, Jacmel…

On last night’s episode of American Idol, 12,000 hopefuls auditioned in Chicago and only 13 went through to Hollywood. (Boston had 9,000 auditions and 31 golden tickets. How ’bout that?) You can read the play-by-play of last night’s Chicago auditions, with guest judge Shania Twain, but for those of you with short attention spans, here’s…

Here are the readings for January 20, 2010: Genesis 39:1-40:23 Psalm 10:1-11 Proverbs 4:1-6 Matthew 13:31-58 You can find all of the passages at BibleGateway.com. And if you’ve missed some readings, here is the list for January 2010. Are you joining me in the challenge to read the Bible in a year? Let me know…

American Idol Season 9 held auditions in Chicago last June, and you’ll get to see them tonight, when we’re back for another round of America’s favorite singing competition! Tonight’s guest judge is Shania Twain. Join me here tonight at 8 PM; I’ll be blogging live and giving you a play-by-play! 8:00 PM – We open…

As I’m reading through the Bible, I’m taking notes. Well, mostly, I’m making a list of questions about things I just don’t understand. I’ve found that it’s a lot easier to just admit to God that I don’t have a stinking clue what’s going on than pretend that I understand it all. So here are…

Tommy James & The Shondells is known in music history as the group that brought such classics as “Crimson and Clover,” “Crystal Blue Persuassion,” and “Mony Mony.”In a revealing and intimate interview with the website SongFacts, James offers a preview of his forthcoming autobiography, “Me, The Mob, and The Music.” The book has already been…

Today’s reading n the Old Testament begins the story of Joseph, and in the New Testament we’re reading the parable of the sower. Here are the readings for January 19, 2010:

As regular readers of this blog probably know, I’m an advocate for Compassion. We sponsor three children – in India, Columbia and Uganda.Compassion International works around the world to rescue children from poverty in Jesus’ name, bringing health and hope to more than 1 million children in 26 developing countries – including Haiti.And here’s what’s…

Happy Monday morning! I hope you had a great weekend! Before we get to the Bible reading, let me ask: what’s been your biggest challenge to reading the Bible every day? For me, it’s reading at bedtime. Sometimes I’m so tired I can’t really think clearly and I’m afraid I’m missing something. Here’s the reading…

So how are you doing with your daily Bible reading? I had to skip one day because of a terrible migraine but was able to catch it up on another day. I’m finding this time around that I’m really interested in the Old Testament readings. I’ve been journaling question after question after question as I…

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