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We're all trying to find it--it being that thing called love. Love. The English language only has one word for it. Ancient Greek has four, Italian has five, Arabic has more than a dozen.
Continue reading A Love that Chases.
From the the set of "You Really Knew Me Thursday" at Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mount Holly, N.J. (Brad Barket, PictureGroup / April 28, 2010)
"If you really knew me, you would know ... now, fill in the blank."
Q. My parents are divorced and they don't get along at all. They badmouth each other to me. They put me in the middle and force me to choose sides. I've told them how much this bothers me, but they still do it. What can I do?
Continue reading How Do I Deal with Divorce?.
College students today show less empathy toward others compared with college students in decades before, a study from the University of Michigan says.
Continue reading Are Twitter, Facebook, and Texting Making Students Less Empathetic?.
Much has been written recently about new cell phone applications targeting the religious community.
Continue reading Church In Your Pocket.
Rachel Held Evans had a choice while growing up in Dayton, Tenn., site of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial. Believe the Bible or believe evolution.
Continue reading 'Move On' from Evolution-Creationism Debate, Says Young Evangelical Writer .
Musician Jaime Jamgochian designed the popular "Modest is Hottest" T-shirts and started a conference that focuses on teaching young girls how to dress in the latest styles while maintaining modesty.
As Jaime Jamgochian performs concerts and leads worship around the country, she communicates to teenage girls messages about modesty, purity and self-worth.
Continue reading Artist, Jaime Jamgochian, Teaches Young Girls That Modest is Hottest.
Mr. Harris-Moore's mother, Pam Kohler, heading home one day last week.
The "Barefoot Bandit" is not all Colton Harris-Moore has been called in his short splash of life.
Continue reading For 'Barefoot Bandit,' Life on the Run Started Early.
Six days later, three of them saw that glory. Jesus took Peter and the brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain. His appearance changed from the inside out, right before their eyes. Sunlight poured from his face. His clothes were filled with light. Then they realized that Moses and Elijah were also there in deep conversation with him.
Continue reading Freedom Through Prayer .
Text, text, text, that's all they think about: but are all those hours on the phone and Facebook turning teenagers into screen-enslaved social inadequates? Jon Henley finds out
Continue reading Teenagers and Technology: 'I'd Rather Give Up My Kidney Than My Phone'.
An Augusta State University graduate student is facing dismissal from the university's counseling program unless she silences her convictions on homosexuality and gender identity, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Continue reading Christian Student Sues Augusta State University.
What heeding a decade and a half of dating advice can mean.
Continue reading The Good Christian Girl: A Fable.
Continue reading WATCH: Melinda Doolittle - Beyond American Idol .
Taylor Swift will release her third album, Speak Now, worldwide on Oct. 25. She announced it to her fans Tuesday through a live web chat.
Continue reading Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now' Album Arrives Oct. 25.
Selena Gomez and Joey King promote their new movie "Ramona and Beezus" with an autograph signing at Madison Square Garden. Gomez, whose 18th birthday is on July 22nd, received a large birthday poster from three adoring fans.
Thursday, Selena Gomez turns 18, officially entering into adulthood. But instead of partying, she'll be busy working, promoting her new film "Ramona and Beezus," which opens Friday and provides her first real movie role.
Continue reading Disney Starlet, Selena Gomez, Talks 'Ramona and Beezus' and Growing Up.
It's official! Born Again, the critically-acclaimed 15th studio project just released from Newsboys, is the biggest project ever to release in the band's history.
Writer/producer Guillermo del Toro speaks onstage at Miramax Film's "Afraid Of The Dark" at San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2010 in San Diego, California.
'Me, like any other geek, I really want to see Peter do the movie,' he tells MTV News at Comic-Con.
Continue reading At Comic-Con Guillermo Del Toro Shares His Vision for 'The Hobbit'.
The follow-up film to 1982's "Tron" wowed the high-tech crowd at Comic-Con.
Continue reading WATCH: New 3-D `Tron' Film from Disney Wows Comic-Con With Footage .
When Tim Tebow wore John 3:16 on his eye black during Florida's 2009 BCS title game against Oklahoma, it resulted in 92 million Google searches to look up the meaning of the Bible verse.
Only Lance Armstrong and LeBron James were ahead of the ex-Florida quarterback.
Continue reading Poll: Tebow 3rd Most Influential Athlete in U.S. .
Former Florida Gator and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow attends Super Bowl XLIV between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints on February 7, 2010 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Tim Tebow is with the best team to start his NFL career, says Elway. Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels has worked with pro quarterbacks like Tom Brady in the past and that should help Tim Tebow.
Colt McCoy #12 of the Cleveland Browns stretches during rookie mini camp at the Cleveland Browns Training and Administrative Complex on May 1, 2010 in Berea, Ohio.
The Browns have QB Colt McCoy in the stable.
Continue reading Browns Officially Announce Signing of Rookie QB Colt McCoy .
Former Texas Longhorns star quarterback Colt McCoy - who'll play this season with the NFL's Cleveland Browns - got hitched at an Austin church on Saturday,
Continue reading Colt McCoy Ties the Knot, and Tim Tebow Gets a Shoutout .
Kyle Busch, left, Joey Logano, right, and Denny Hamlin are the only top-20 Nascar Sprint Cup drivers younger than 30. Hamlin will turn 30 in November.
When the green flag waved to start the Daytona 500 in February, marking the beginning of the Nascar Sprint Cup season, not a single rookie driver was in the 43-car field. The last time that happened?
Continue reading NASCAR: Young Viewers Depart, and Fewer Young Drivers Enter .
The recently released K-LOVE Exclusive music video by Britt Nicole for her record hit song: "The Lost Get Found". For more go to www.klove.com.
Continue reading The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole.
The adventures of young Ramona Quimby (Joey King) and her big sister Beezus (Selena Gomez) come to life in this all new film based on the best-selling books (over 30 millionand counting) by Beverly Cleary. Ramonas vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics keep everyone she meets on their toes. But her irrepressible sense of fun, adventure and mischief come in handy when she puts her mind to helping save her family's home.
Continue reading 'Ramona & Beezus' Official Trailer.
Brian Sumner's passion for Jesus, life and skateboarding oozes out of his pores. But it wasn't always like that for this Liverpool native...
Continue reading Brian Sumner - Skating Towards Salvation.
A Christian private-school teacher is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow constitutionally protected prayer outside the court building after her class was "abruptly" ordered to stop praying on the grounds.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study last month showing that most teens are virgins - which American Life League (ALL) has said contradicts propaganda disseminated by sex-education giant Planned Parenthood.
Are teens rejecting faith for Facebook? The folks over at the Barna Group suggest that something like that may be happening.
Continue reading Of Faith and Facebook .
A self-portrait of Colton Harris-Moore from July 2009, left, and Mr. Harris-Moore, with shackles but no shoes, on Sunday in Nassau, the Bahamas.
The photograph from Nassau summed it all up: his head bowed in defeat, Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage "Barefoot Bandit," was led away by police in the Bahamas on Sunday, July 11, with glittering steel manacles hobbling his bare feet.
Continue reading The Barefoot Bandit Finally Caught.
Darci Hemleb Thompson, 49, reconnected with a former teacher from Long Island, Alice D'Addario, through Facebook.
Darci Hemleb Thompson had been on the lookout for Alice D'Addario for many years. From her home in Hampton, Va., Ms. Thompson, 49, who is married and has a 12-year-old daughter, was determined to find Ms. D'Addario on the Internet. She tried every search engine and networking site she could find.
Continue reading On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant.
Continue reading The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven.
Say you are an employer evaluating college students for a job. Perusing one candidate's Facebook profile, you notice the student belongs to a group called "I Pee My Pants When I'm Drunk." What is your first thought?
Continue reading Technologically Illiterate Students.
The academic benchmarks that the National Collegiate Athletic Association uses to determine whether teams' athletes are progressing toward graduation no longer mean what they used to.
Continue reading NCAA May Change How it Tracks Athletes' Education.
Continue reading What's the Secret to a Great Prayer Life?.
In March 2009, one of Christian music's most enduring bands, Newsboys, had a newsflash: After 22 years (and more than 2000 shows) with the band, frontman Peter Furler was stepping away from the grueling touring schedule, and Michael Tait, formerly 1/3 of supergroup dc Talk, would take Furler's place on stage.
Nicolas Cage, left, and Jay Baruchel in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
Continue reading 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' Movie Review.
New Album From Multiple GRAMMY, Stellar, Dove Award Winner Features Special Guest Vocalists Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Take 6
Continue reading Israel Houghton Releases 'Love God, Love People', August 31 .
Dynamic New Video Jumps to #2 on Gospel Music Channel
Continue reading Everlife Discovers 'What's Beautiful' With Hit Music Video .
Continue reading The Danger of Being the Same.
Singer Justin Bieber performs at Sun National Bank Center on June 24, 2010 in Trenton, New Jersey.
Justin Bieber's music video for "Baby" is the most-watched video ever on YouTube.
Continue reading Justin Bieber's 'Baby' Is Most-Watched Video On YouTube .
Thierry Henry walks out onto the field prior to a press conference on July 15, 2010 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.
Thierry Henry is retiring from the French national team.
Continue reading "Bienvenue Thierry Henry!" Red Bulls Introduce Their New French Striker.
Tim Tebow's new shoe line with Nike will go on sale in the coming weeks. (Photo courtesy of Nike )
Tebow already is one of the most recognizable athletes in Denver.
Continue reading Tim Tebow Unveils New Nike Shoe Line.
The son of former Notre Dame standout Joe Montana was among 11 Fighting Irish athletes arrested on misdemeanor charges of underage drinking at a party Friday night.
Continue reading Joe Montana's Son Is Arrested .
Serena Williams of USA and Rafael Nadal of Spain with their winners trophies at the Wimbledon Championships 2010 Winners Ball at the InterContinental Park Lane Hotel on July 4, 2010 in London, England.
American world number one Serena Williams will miss three tournaments in the build-up to the U.S. Open due to surgery on her right foot, the WTA Tour said on Saturday.
Continue reading Serena Williams to Miss Three Tournaments .
What did you dream about last night? Odds are you probably don't remember, because 90% of your dreams are forgotten within 10 minutes of waking up.
Continue reading The Inception of Salvation.
Denver Bronco rookie quarterback Tim Tebow spoke on "God and Country Day" at First Redeemer Church in Cumming, Ga., July 4.
With dozens of kids toting Florida Gator signable footballs or miniature orange football helmets, or decked out in blue jerseys with "15" on the back -- and grown-ups wearing their game-day Gator shirts -- it could have been October in Gainesville, Fla.
Continue reading Tim Tebow Says 'Football and the NFL Is Not the Source of True Success'.
From the printing press to the radio to the Internet, advances in communication technology have almost always instigated rapid and profound changes in religious practice.
Continue reading God on the Go: Are iPhones Producing Dull Worshippers?.
Evangelicals care more than mainline Protestants about keeping their young people in the faith. This is the striking conclusion James Wellman reaches in his fascinating book, "Evangelical vs. Liberal: The Clash of Christian Cultures in the Pacific Northwest" (Oxford).
Continue reading Evangelicals Lose Fewer Youth Than Liberals.
If we haven't been doing it right, is there a better way to tell people about God?
Continue reading The Wrong Way to Share Your Faith.
Cynthia Rodriguez attended a Teach for America session last week in Houston.
Alneada Biggers, Harvard class of 2010, was amazed this past year when she discovered that getting into the nation's top law schools and grad programs could be easier than being accepted for a starting teaching job with Teach for America.
Continue reading A Chosen Few Young People Are Teaching for America.
Andrea Thomaz, right, and Nick DePalma in 2009 with Simon, a robot being developed at Georgia Tech. Above left, Simon evaluating objects.
The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion.
Continue reading Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot.
Jeremy Baumann monitored cameras that were trained on students at the testing center at the University of Central Florida.
The frontier in the battle to defeat student cheating may be here at the testing center of the University of Central Florida.
Continue reading To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery.
The boy-band singer Nick Jonas at the Queens Theater in London, where his appearance in "Les Misérables" has been extended through July 24.
As if the 17-year-old heartthrob musician Nick Jonas needed another lesson in unrequited love to play Marius, the romantic lead in "Les Misérables," 30 shrieking teenage girls delivered one at the Queens Theater stage door on Saturday afternoon as Mr. Jonas, in a black leather jacket and thickly gelled hair, stepped out of an S.U.V. on his way into the theater for a matinee performance.
Continue reading Nick Jonas Takes Up Acting Again in 'Les Misérables' on the London Stage.
Spirit-filled worship rang through New Orleans' convention center Sunday as the Essence Music Festival neared the end of its three-day run of informational-heavy workshops and celebrity appearances.
Continue reading Gospel Greats Take Center Stage at Essence Music Festival.
Al Harris, at right above, with Kevin Soto. The two childhood friends plan to release a Christian rap album in August.
The cornerback steered his custom truck through familiar streets. The ex-convict sat shotgun and pointed out landmarks, this "drug hole," that "crack house," the best routes for eluding the police.
Continue reading A Cornerback, an Ex-Con, and a Friendship in Faith.
LeBron James announced his decision to join the Miami Heat on Thursday.
With one dramatic declaration, lasting 16 words and only a few seconds, LeBron James shook the sporting world and the N.B.A. on Thursday, announcing that he would play next season for the Miami Heat.
Continue reading N.B.A.'s Season of Suspense Ends as James Chooses Miami.
The director Spike Lee at a Knicks-Lakers game in November.
The shock of seeing LeBron James in a blinding white Heat jersey was still fresh, and Spike Lee was searching for the right words. Eventually, he decided to borrow some.
Continue reading Heat's Big 3 Rehearsed For the Sting, Director Spike Lee Says .
Regulation had spilled into overtime of this fractious game Sunday. The clock was nearly exhausted, as were the players. Soon, the World Cup final would be decided by its harshest verdict, penalty kicks, and skill would give way to nerve and caprice.
Drew Brees, last season's Super Bowl M.V.P., playing a video game against a fan during an appearance in Times Square.
On a recent sweltering afternoon in Times Square, people might have been too busy searching for an open hydrant to pay much attention to the man wearing a New Orleans Saints jersey tossing copies of the soon-to-be released Madden NFL 11 video game into the crowd.
Continue reading Brees, a Super Bowl M.V.P., Gets Ready for an Encore.
As the amateur Kelli Shean's name shot up the leader board at the United States Women's Open on Thursday, spectators exchanged quizzical glances.
Continue reading An Amateur Tames a Tricky Open Course.
Group 1 Crew, an artist performing at this year's Night of Joy, visited Magic Kingdom earlier this year. You can see Group 1 Crew Friday, Sept. 10 at Disney's Night of Joy.
For more details, visit: http://www.nightofjoy.com
Continue reading Disney's Night of Joy Artist "Group 1 Crew" Visit Walt Disney World.
Continue reading Before OWL CITY, There Was SKY SAILING.
Continue reading Movie Review: Despicable Me.
Since debuting in 2002, American Idol has given singers of all ages and styles an instantaneous international platform, and in the process, introduced the world to underexposed talent they would've never had the chance to hear. Although the program's seen its fair share of personnel shifts in recent years, it's impossible to brush aside its longevity and even harder to silence the powerhouse vocalists it has birthed along the way.
Continue reading Idols and Angels: Where Are They Now?.
Continue reading Newsboys Introduced "Born Again".
Love woke me up this morning / With a memory
Love came and whispered a story / That awakened a dream
Imagine a beautiful castle / And a beautiful king
He left the comfort of his throne / To fight for victory
Continue reading Bethany Dillon: "Dreamer".
This was found circulating on the Internet
Continue reading How Not to Write a College Paper.
You've studied for the SATs, participated in school activities and volunteered in the community. Your grades aren't bad, you've got big ambitions and your teachers love you. You've got your heart set on one or two schools, but you've heard that it's hard to get in. What should you do? Read on to find out.
Continue reading How To Get Into Your Dream College.
Check out the Between Two Worlds REFLECTIONS video. This is part 1 of 2 videos where Trip Lee invites us into the pages of his Journal as he reflects on his own life and the lives of those around him in this fallen world. Trip Lee's Between Two Worlds hit stores June 22nd. For album info go here: http://bit.ly/9ZQi5K
Continue reading Trip Lee - "Between Two Worlds" Reflections (Part 1).
Check out part 2 of the Between Two Worlds REFLECTIONS video. Trip Lee gives us another look into his journal where he describes the universal love and desire for a superhero and shares more on his own personal life struggles. Get the first single "The Invasion (Hero)" Ft. Jai http://bit.ly/dzEg5N
Continue reading Trip Lee - "Between Two Worlds" Reflections (Part 2).
Watch the official music video, "The Comeback Kid" by Gotee Recording artist, B.Reith. Directed by Donald Kilgore for Fig Tree Collective. For more information on B.Reith, Please visit him at www.breith.com.
Continue reading B.Reith "The Comeback Kid" Official Music Video.
Check out the official video for Sho Baraka's single "We Can Be More" Ft J.R. from his sophomore album Lions & Liars. Produced by Cheese Williams, this song has proven to be love anthem that communicates the true definition of love.
Continue reading Sho Baraka's "We Can Be More" (Official) Video.
Rafael Nadal with his trophy.
For the longest time, Rafael Nadal clung to his championship keepsake. He carried it, cradled it, even signed autographs with it tucked away in his right arm.
Continue reading Rafael Nadal Beats Berdych to Win Second Wimbleton Title.
Serena Williams of USA lifts the Championship trophy after winning her Ladies Singles Final Match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia on Day Twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2010 in London, England.
Serena Williams didn't play in front of the queen at Wimbledon, but she sure played like royalty.
Continue reading Serena Wins Wimbledon Again, Claims 13th Grand Slam Title.
Cleveland fans awaited the arrival of LeBron James for negotiations with the Cavaliers and the Bulls.
He arrived in a cloud of dust and departed in silence, leaving anxious suitors behind and wonder in his wake. All that is left now is a decision that could alter the N.B.A. landscape.
Continue reading After Final 2 Suitors Present Their Cases to Lebron, the Waiting Begins.
Arne Friedrich's goal was his first in 76 games for Germany, which has 13 goals in five games. Germany's semifinal opponent, Spain, has scored six.
Diego Maradona longed for the action, admitting that he wanted to grab a uniform and suit up for Argentina, awakening those once magnificent legs that had been in troubled sleep for so many years.
Continue reading GERMANY 4, ARGENTINA 0: Germany Shows Its Strength.
From left, Dani Alves, Kaka and Robinho of Brazil reacted after Wesley Sneijder's goal gave the Netherlands a 2-1 lead.
Brazil had never really been under duress in the World Cup until the quarterfinals on Friday. How would it react, with resilience or agitation? Could it take a punch or did it have a glass jaw?
Uruguay's Sebastian Abreu celebrates after scoring the winning penalty kick. Uruguay will face the Netherlands in the semifinal round.
Twice at the end of the night, Luis Suárez thrust his left arm skyward. The first time was to stop Ghana forward Dominic Adiyiah's header from crossing the goal line for a certain score that would have eliminated Uruguay from the World Cup in extra time of a quarterfinal. The second was to celebrate his team's berth in the semifinals after it won a penalty-shootout.
Continue reading URUGUAY 1, GHANA 1: Uruguay Wins 4-2 In Shootout.
Students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J., are old hands at text messaging, but not all of the words are friendly.
The girl's parents, wild with outrage and fear, showed the principal the text messages: a dozen shocking, sexually explicit threats, sent to their daughter the previous Saturday night from the cellphone of a 12-year-old boy. Both children were sixth graders at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, N.J.
Continue reading Online Bullies Pull Schools Into the Fray.
The remarkable faith journey of the famous TV host/crazy-person/survivor/star/family man.
Continue reading The Wild Faith of Bear Grylls.
"She's cute, she's fun, and she's following God," reads the promotional copy for this novel about Sierra Jensen, protagonist of a series aimed at Christian teens.
Christian-themed novels for teens are seen as "a surprisingly empowering guide to adolescence."
Continue reading Young Adult Christian Literature Gets the Nod from Slate.
Public Sees a Future Full of Promise and Peril
Continue reading Survey: 4 in 10 Say Jesus Christ Is Coming Back by 2050.
Buried deep within each cell in Sergey Brin's body--in a gene called LRRK2, which sits on the 12th chromosome--is a genetic mutation that has been associated with higher rates of Parkinson's.
Several evenings a week, after a day's work at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, Sergey Brin drives up the road to a local pool. There, he changes into swim trunks, steps out on a 3-meter springboard, looks at the water below, and dives.
Continue reading Why Sergey Brin Is Searching for a Parkinson's Cure.
Miss South Carolina 2010 Desiree Puglia, left, and Miss SC Teen Caroline Blanton pose for a photograph at a Sunday news conference.
The newly crowned Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen opened the first day of their reigns with a news conference at the Spartanburg Marriott on Sunday morning.
Continue reading Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen Launch Their Reigns .
Some people may look at leadership positions as a chance to make a difference for others, on their campus and in their world.
Continue reading Step Up and Lead.
Continue reading Movie Review: The Last Airbender.
Continue reading Trip Lee's 'Between Two Worlds' Debuts In iTunes Top 10.
Terry slouched on my therapy couch and mumbled, "My mom has a new husband. She wants me to be nice to him, but I don't feel like being nice.
Continue reading Adjusting to a Stepparent.
After auditioning against actors such as Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Aaron Johnson, Anton Yelchin and Josh Hutcherson Sony has decided that 27 year old Andrew Garfield will play Peter Parker in Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot.
Continue reading Andrew Garfield is the New Spider-Man!.
Do you have big plans this summer? Maybe the beach. Perhaps travel.
Continue reading Share Your Faith This Summer.
Tiffany Thornton runs across the lobby of the main floor at the Disney Channel building, her two-pound Teacup Pomeranian puppy, Leo, tucked underneath her arm. "Hiiiii!" she says with a lot of energy, considering that she spent all morning on the set of "Sonny With a Chance," one of Disney's hit sitcoms. Acting nothing like her stuck-up alter ego, Tawni Hart, the blond nemesis of Sonny Monroe, Tiffany's personality is warm and outgoing--the opposite of catty.
Continue reading Disney's "Sonnie With a Chance" Tiffany Thornton: Letting Go of Control.
Continue reading Will a New 'Christian Character' Harmonize With 'Glee' Values?.
Continue reading Q&A with M. Night Shyamalan.
How do I make good decisions? What does God really want from me? Does God care about every little choice I make?
Continue reading How Do I Know God's Will?.
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