Here’s an interesting way to baptize large crowds? Accompanied by brass bands and thundering preachers, several hundred people squeezed onto a narrow street in the District’s Shaw neighborhood yesterday to be baptized in the drenching shower of a fire hose. Weeping and singing, they raised their hands as the water shot up and then poured…

(via)I was laughing so hard while I watched that my daughters were saying, “What the heck are you watching? Mommy stop laughing so hard, it’s annoying.” I told them that I would post it to my blog and Sarah’s been bugging me all morning to post it.Updated: I updated this post because I’ve offended an…

The South Koreans agreed to remove troops and missionaries by the end of the year. Though, it looks like South Korea really didn’t give them anything they weren’t already planning to do: The Taliban agreed Tuesday to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage since July after the government in Seoul pledged to end…

Would it be too harsh to say that it’s time he started cleaning up his own messes and not expect others to support him? Shouldn’t he learn to support his family without looking for handouts? (I’m thinking of 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15.) Disgraced minister Ted Haggard is asking that donations to support him and his family…

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