Subthema 'Reformed Daily'

DALLAS - Almost three fourths of Americans claim to be Christians, but only a small fraction consider church the place to deepen their faith, a new survey says.

„For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet.”

ST. CLOUD - More than a month after St. Cloud (Florida, USA) launched the country’s first free citywide Wi Fi network, folks in this 28,000 person Orlando suburb are still paying to use their own Internet service providers as dead spots and weak signals keep some residents offline and force engineers to retool the free system.

With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks in Irving (Texas, USA) helped her class understand the correct portion sizes for vegetables.

A federal judge has ruled that the University of California’s Hastings Law School (USA) can deny official recognition and funding to a Christian student club that requires its members and leadership to sign a statement of faith.

The Kentucky Board of Education is under fire for approving a new, more contemporary system of describing historical dates in its public school curriculum.

„Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God?” Micah 6:6

RAMALLAH - Every month, Fatma Nofal cashed a $500 check from a brother who works abroad to support their family here. But last week the debit note from the US’s Chevy Chase Bank was rejected. „This is the first time that I’ve gotten that answer”, says Ms. Nofal, as she walked out of a central Ramallah money changer with no place to redeem the check. „I don’t know what to do.”

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Board of Education’s plan to restrict junk food in elementary and middle schools was blocked last Tuesday by a legislative committee that said the state should also address the quality of cafeteria meals.

WASHINGTON - With consumers again facing rising gasoline prices, the two industries most often blamed for the energy crunch -oil and auto companies- are trading potshots over who is at fault.