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The publication of my play A Hole in the Sky, dedicated to the memory of the late Wangari Maathai, triggered a sharp strain of nostalgia in me. With practically every line I wrote, every scene and every character, I would be visualizing a stage, a set and an actor, somewhere in Nairobi. |
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New Creation Church, a fund-raising powerhouse, has fully paid for its 5,000-seat Star Performing Arts Centre costing $500 million located in the Star integrated development in Buona Vista. In a Feb 15 video, the church's senior pastor Joseph Prince said: "As I'm doing this recording, we've paid for our building completely. |
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Last week, Ashley Williams of Charlotte introduced herself to Hillary Clinton – and the world. “I am not a super-predator, Hillary Clinton,” she told the Democratic Party’s presidential front-runner after interrupting Clinton’s speech at a $500 a ticket fundraiser in Charleston. |
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A NEW ZEALAND man behind an ambitious crowdfunding campaign that raised millions of dollars to buy a privately-owned South Island beach said Friday he was stunned at its success. Duane Major’s push to take Awaroa beach out of private hands and make it a national park quickly went viral, attracting 40,000 donations to raise a total of NZ$2. |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Democratic presidential contest has moved to South Carolina, where voters began casting their ballots Saturday in a primary that serves as two starkly different milestones for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Clinton is looking for her expected victory here to prove her.... |
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A well-known Chinese rights lawyer has appeared on state television confessing to crimes after a months-long disappearance, the latest case in China’s widening crackdown on dissent. Zhang Kai (張凱) had represented a group of Christians who were detained for suspected financial crimes last year after they resisted the demolition of crosses. |
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By HEATHER WOLFORD Cumberland Times-News. CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Trustees of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ have put the historic Town Clock Church up for sale as the congregation has dwindled to eight active members. “We are selling the church because our congregation has declined with age,” said Pastor Xenia Browning. |
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Yet the Book of Revelation brings blessing, “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is coming near.” (Rev. 1:3 ESV) How does this book bring us blessing?
We see the sovereignty of God. The Lord is the One who sits on the throne. |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Democratic presidential contest has moved to South Carolina, where voters began casting their ballots Saturday in a primary that serves as two starkly different milestones for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Both are girding for a long primary fight that seemed far-fetched only a few months ago. |
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The South Beach Wine and Food Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary with the presence of over 400 chefs from all over the country including Miami's own Ingrid Hoffmann.
Pastor Franklin R. Clark attends the viewing for slain King Carter Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami. |
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The Times-Republican ( http://bit.ly/1UiWtJQ ) reports that the 135 pound dog with a long lean body and bright knowing eyes has become a familiar presence in various care centers and retirement homes around Marshalltown. Miri's owner, Kim Wilson, pastor of the First United Church of Christ in.... |
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C elebrities like Rep. Manny Paquiao can get away with anything like emceeing, singing, dancing, playing professional basketball and judging world beauty contestants. Now the boxing champ wants to be a senator, then perhaps president as he had once publicly bared. Fine, it’s a free country. |
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The Supreme Court's confirmation of death sentence on a popular pastor and the MTN mobile phone company's payment of part of fine were some if the kneading stories in Nigeria newspapers on Saturday.
The Nation screamed that Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Reverend King ,the General Overseer of.... |
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Barr. Kwamkur Samuel, is immediate past Director for Legal and Public Affairs, for the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau State, in this interview with IGHO OYOYO, he speaks on the N7bn allegation against CAN during the last presidential election and the way forward for Nigeria in the fight against corruption. |
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Feb. 27 HESSTON -- Counselors were available Friday for students and employees following the mass shooting here, a press release said. On Thursday, a gunman killed three employees at Excel Industries before he was killed by law enforcement, authorities have said. Fourteen more people were injured. |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Democratic presidential contest has moved to South Carolina, where voters began casting their ballots Saturday in a primary that serves as two starkly different milestones for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Clinton is looking to her expected victory here to prove her strong.... |
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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA— For lots of people, choosing a presidential candidate can be difficult. But for Guillermo Laurent, the decision is practically impossible. "There's really no choice for me," says Laurent, the pastor of a Spanish-speaking Baptist church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. |
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NIGERIA’S SUPREME COURT has upheld a death sentence handed out nine years ago to a Christian pastor for murdering a female member of his congregation and trying to kill five others. Pentecostal preacher Emeka Ezeugo, popularly known as “Reverend King”, challenged the 2007 verdict that found him.... |
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A strange happening has got the locals of a remote village Kibaale district talking: the stump of a tree that fell and got uprooted two years ago is back upright, apparently overnight. The tree that once stood in that very spot for some 35 years was felled by a ruthless hailstorm on February 2014 that also left several houses destroyed. |
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NUEVA GERMANIA, Paraguay – To open the museum, señora Kück needs a hammer. She has lost the key, and the neighbor who should have a spare isn’t home today. But with a little olive oil and a few good knocks with the hammer, the lock springs open easily. She has done this more than once, Kück explains with a smile. |
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Now, two people who did this quite perfectly to me were my English teachers. Their lessons were not just only on punctuation, grammar or sentence construction but they were life lessons. This is why I learnt from a young age the importance of constructive criticism. |
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You meet a man or a woman in church doesn't mean they are good at heart. As for this lady, you met a guy in church, yet that same week both of you have started "sleeping" with each other? I think you didn't go to church for worship, you were looking for 'man' and the guy was looking for 'woman'. |
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Barrister Kwamkur Samuel is the immediate past director for Legal and Public Affairs, Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) Plateau State. In this interview with IGHO OYOYO, he speaks on the N7 billion allegation against CAN during the last presidential election, insurgency in the Norhtern part of.... |
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A well-known Chinese rights lawyer has appeared on state television confessing to crimes after a months-long disappearance, the latest case in China's widening crackdown on dissent. Zhang Kai had represented a group of Christians who were detained for suspected financial crimes last year after they resisted the demolition of crosses. |
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Saturday supper: A soup and sandwich supper will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Lefler United Methodist Church, 1501 Madison St. Cost is a donation to the church. Take-out will be available. Nonperishable items will be collected for the United Methodist food pantry. For more information, call 402-733-7653. |
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