On national TV, youth minister’s wife makes a deal, enjoys first prom
Jessica Howard didn't win $1 million on "Deal or No Deal," the hit NBC game show starring host Howie Mandel. But the wife of a…
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Newsmakers – May 2007
NAMED: Allison Duke, instructor of management; Beth Conway, professor of biology; Richard Grant, professor of finance and economics; and Christin Shatzer, director of service learning…
After brain tumor, Bobby Murcer grateful for life
EDMOND, Okla. — New York Yankees legend Bobby Murcer, sporting a bald head after chemotherapy and radiation treatments, looked out the window and saw a…
New and noteworthy – May 2007
DEVOTIONAL Briscoe, Jill. Eight Choices that Create a Love that Lasts. West Monroe, La.: Howard/Simon Schuster, 2007. ISBN 1-58229-664-2; 235 pages; $14.99; 800-858-4109 Using the…
‘God put us together’
International adoption is a ‘long, complex, costly' process, church members say. But an increasing number see it as part of their mission — introducing the…
Two continents, one family
EULESS, TEXAS — Michael Smith went to Sudan to help its people. He didn't realize he'd be bringing two of them home. Nearly six years…
Major-league coach puts faith not in game but in God
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hours before a spring training game, a visitor finds Minnesota Twins bench coach Steve Liddle in a clubhouse office fiddling with…
‘The long, beautiful road of international adoption.’
Church members discuss the process of adopting children outside the United States in this online exclusive. “In the Russian adoption process, parents are required to…
New and Noteworthy: April 2007
LEADERSHIP Anderson, Lynn. They Smell Like Sheep: Leading with the Heart of a Shepherd. Vol. 2. West Monroe, La.: Howard, 2007. ISBN 1-58229-672-3; 246 pages;…
Tools for building respect in children and marriages
Recently, an AirTran Airways flight crew was compelled to ask a family to deplane before take-off. Some 112 passengers, the airline crew and the pilots…
