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In an article in Relevant magazine, Debra Fileta, a licensed Counselor, lists five ways couples can invest in their marriage. She says, couples need to connect spiritually, and the best way to do that is to pray with each other about the concerns of the day. The second is to communicate meaningfully…

In a difficult neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Central City Community Church of the Nazarene hosts a karaoke night for the homeless and nearly homeless in the neighborhood. They come, about 200 per week, and shut out the depressing street life to sing and dance and share refreshments. Pastor Tony, who…

Businesses in Yuma, Arizona took advantage of a boom of travelers passing through their town. Yuma is usually a sleepy town on the way to San Diego, but a bridge collapse of nearby Interstate 10 sent detoured traffic through the town. When they realized traffic would be diverted, the convention and visitors…

Donna DiNicola wanted to guarantee that her offer for a 900 square foot home for her son was accepted, so she threw in something unexpected, pizza. DiNicola knew that the real estate market in the area was heating up so she needed something to stand out. Since she owned an Italian Restaurant, she offered…

Smart Phones keep track of a lot of information about the people who use them. Now, a Spanish wireless company says they have devised a way to measure a person’s boredom level using several easily checked factors. Researchers for the company had 54 participants install an app that monitored phone statistics…

A twenty-three-year-old employee of Google is saving 90% of his income by living in a box truck parked inside the company’s headquarters. The engineer named Brandon, says he is only in the truck while sleeping or doing laundry. He confirmed that he uses perks provided by the company such as gourmet food,…

In October 2015, Sanmay Ved found a bargain. He saw that the domain “Google.com” was available for $12 and snagged the multi-billion dollar company’s URL. His quick thinking wound up benefitting a local nonprofit group. In less than a minute Google realized the mistake and cancelled the sale. Ved agreed…

Pastor Bill Galus used a homebuilt space capsule to raise money for the church youth group and to teach the children at the church school about the space program. Galus lived inside the capsule for an entire week, and then lead the congregation in an outside worship service the following Sunday. He named…

A restaurant in Japan has a unique solution for diners who come in alone. To help their customers avoid the perils of eating alone, the Moomin House Café in Japan seats single diners with a stuffed animal companion called a Moomin, a family of white-hippo like characters created by a Finnish artist.…

When Greg Carlson’s Las Vegas taco shop was burglarized, he deiced to turn the footage into a television commercial. Security footage shows three men breaking into the closed restaurant and ransacking it, looking for cash or other valuables. Carlson was alerted by an alarm system, and found the glass…

Two Canadian researchers are sending a robot hitchhiking across Canada in order to gauge people’s feeling about them. Dr. David Harris Smith and Dr. Faulke Zeller built a device they call the HitchBOT and are hoping drivers will help it travel the 4,000 miles across Canada. The robot is a collection…

Sharon Standifird served her country in the Gulf War, climbed mountains, and took care of her family, yet she found she didn’t get the respect she deserved from her children. When she would try to call them on their cell phones, her children choose to “Ignore” her calls. Rather than getting mad, Standifird…

A scientific paper published by the National Academy of Sciences says scientists have discovered that porcupine needles contain “microscopic backward-facing deployable barbs.” This feature help the needle penetrate skin and help it stay in place. The discovery could help patients who require long term…

ETERNITY Ray Kurzweil is described as a futurist and inventor. At age 65 his goal is to live long enough that he will still be alive when the contents of our brains will be able to be downloaded to a computer. Then he can upload his intelligence, experience, and identity to the internet allowing him…

A new message service known as “Evergram” could be the digital universe’s equivalent of a message in a bottle. The free website offers a way for users to send video messages and set them to arrive on a specific date to coincide with weddings, graduations, or other important events. Evergram co-founder…

Poet Muriel Rukeyser says, “The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 1, 2013 p. 17 Matthew 13:13 (ESV) This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

The marketing techniques used to entice people to eat more junk food may also be helpful in getting children to eat healthier. A study published in the Journal of Preventive Medicine allowed students in seven New York elementary schools to select a serving of lunch vegetables with innovative names such…

When the founder of Microsoft appeared on Sixty Minutes, he provided an emotional and unexpected look at the last conversation he had with Steve Jobs. Though, they headed two fiercely competitive rival computer companies, the men talked about the things they had learned in life, their families, and things…

In the early 1960s, the Lincoln Futura concept car created for a 1955 auto show was not worth much. It was used a 1959 movie and then sold to automobile designer George Barris for one dollar. Since it was untitled and could not be insured, the car was had little value and was relegated to a back parking…

Pope Benedict XVI may soon be making the first phone call into space in the history of the papacy. NASA officials are arranging for the Pope to make the call to two Italian astronauts onboard the space station. Whether the call will actually occur depends on whether or not the space shuttle Endeavor…

Mention robots, and most people envision humanoid looking machines walking around on two legs. Actually, researchers say they have found that the more legs a robot have, the easier it is for the machine to move around on tough terrain. They say they have gained many ideas using the original designs found…

The man who made a huge contribution to the modern world recently passed away, but very few people are aware of what he did. Eugene Polley went to work for the Zenith Corporation in 1935. During his 47 year career with the company’s engineering department, Polley worked on several projects. Most never…

A restaurant in China has found a new way to guarantee “service with a smile.” The Dalu Robot restaurant opened in Jian and is believed to be China’s first hotpot eatery. More than a dozen robots operate in the establishment servings as entertainers, servers, greeters, and receptionists. Each is equipped…

A new app for the iPhone is now available to help Bible readers pronounce some the most difficult names, places and terms found in the pages of scripture. The Bible Audio Pronunciations app offer assistance on over 1,000 of the Bible’s toughest words. It allows users to search or browse through a database…

It took online gamers to achieve a breakthrough that had eluded scientists for a decade. In a recently published article, gamers and researchers announced they have deciphered a key structure of an AIDS-like virus. They claim understanding the structure of an enzyme will help scientists understand the…