The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding the resignation of Auburn Chaplain Chette Williams.

Moving Beyond Ministries, is pleased to announce that founder and author, Andrea Thompson, will be a featured speaker at this year’s Good News Spectacular event, an annual event sponsored by Covenant Films and BDS Productions. The annual show features powerful personal testimony, music and fun underwritten and covered in prayer by Emmanuel Church in Abilene, Kansas. The Good News Spectacular event takes place on Saturday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. Central at the Chapman High School Auditorium. The event is a fundraiser with net proceeds given to the Drew Kroeker Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $10 at the door.

The Land of the Rising Sun” is one of the world’s most advanced societies. Japan has it all—including the world’s third strongest economy, a literacy rate near 100 percent, the world’s highest longevity, an incredibly low crime rate, a global reputation for technology and science, the honor system, and an unparalleled work ethic and commitment to excellence. Courtesy, organization, quality control, and sanitation are evident in every detail of life. Japan represents what some may call Buddhism’s best example of utopia.

Aspen Group, an integrated design, build, and furnish company for churches, has expanded its territory into the Southeastern United States. This move, centered between Charleston, SC, and Savannah, GA, represents a significant extension of Aspen’s two decades-plus service to churches in the Midwest.

The Rough Fire continues to advance to Hume Lake Christian Camps, located in the Sequoia National Forest. The Hume staff and community are asking for continued prayer in a few specific areas this weekend.

Melissa Klein, the Oregon baker who refused to create a cake for a same-sex wedding and was fined $135,000, has baked ten cakes to send to ten top gay organizations throughout the United States.

Cleveland, TN–The former Pathway Bookstore is introducing a new concept in retail and will open a new store in a different location on August 29. A soft opening and community preview was held this week for the newly-reinvented Pathway.

There will be a public witness and prayer vigil at the new proposed Planned Parenthood abortion center in Washington, D.C. on Saturday at 1225 NE 4th St. from 10:00-11:00 a.m.

I recently spent a few days alone in a cabin to slow down, reflect and pray—to renew my mind. The importance of time alone with God is invaluable. Renewal begins and ends with prayer. “When faith ceases to pray, it ceases to live” (E.M. Bounds).