The ancient Mayans believed that the world would end in the year 2012. Strangely enough, seers and sorcerers of several other ages and cultures have also focused their predictions of doom on that same year. As a result, there is now a motion picture called "2012" depicting the cataclysmic end of human civilization in that year. ...more

November 1, 2009

A man says he was fired from his job as a cashier at The Home Depot in a rural Florida town because he wore an American flag button that read, "One nation under God, indivisible." ...more

October 27, 2009

Miss California says a Web site has posted racy photos of her in an attempt to belittle her Christianity. ...more

May 5, 2009

About 4,000 women are expected to pack Idlewild Baptist Church to hear from Christian speakers and entertainers headlining the Extraordinary Women's Conference, a traveling event. ...more

March 13, 2009

About 4,000 women are expected to pack Idlewild Baptist Church to hear from Christian speakers and entertainers headlining the Extraordinary Women's Conference, a traveling event. ...more

March 11, 2009

"You're Not Who You Think You Are," by Albert Clayton Gaulden (Atria, $22) ...more

January 4, 2009

So it's finally time to put 2008 to rest. This was not an easy year by any stretch of the imagination. The economy is limping into 2009 barely hanging on; many people have lost their jobs; area businesses have folded; foreclosures are coming in record numbers. ...more

December 31, 2008

Money's tight! And when it comes to belt tightening, there are ways to spend less and still have a terrific holiday season. ...more

December 9, 2008

Faith Baptist at Landmark Christian ...more

November 5, 2008

Typically, only those who attend rock or country music concerts wear T-shirts like those worn by dozens of Barack Obama county voters on Election Day Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008