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Wes Moore takes oath of office as Maryland’s first Black governor

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Wes Moore, placing his hand on a Bible once owned by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, took his oath of office Wednesday to become Maryland’s 63rd governor, the state’s first and the country’s only current Black chief executive.

Tribune News Service

A Welsh dad's cookbook has become the 'air fryer bible'

David Small starting experimenting with recipes during lockdown

Wales Online

Draft Bible send Joey Porter Jr. to Vikings in latest mock draft

The Penn State cornerback is going to be a popular selection for the Vikings

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Rare Bible sells for £20,000 at Belfast auction house

The Geneva Bible, which dates back to 1615, sold for almost twice the estimate.

The Independent UK

Geneva bible dating from 1615 to go under hammer in East Belfast

Other items on sale from the same collection are two paintings by the renowned Victorian artist Thomas Sidney Cooper

Belfast Live

Bible dating from 1615 to go under the hammer in Belfast

The Geneva Bible is expected to fetch between £5,000 and £10,000 at auction next week.

The Independent UK

Don Jr mocked by Adam Kinzinger for selling Bibles on social media

The outgoing GOP congressman encourages pastors and priests to ‘rise up and call this out’

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Facing prison in Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses are waiting in San Diego to see if US will protect them

SAN DIEGO — Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva dresses in some of her nicest clothing to stand on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible.

Tribune News Service

Barbara Kingsolver returns to Appalachia to tackle opioid crisis, in Dickens-inspired novel Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver, author of The Poisonwood Bible, returned to her home turf of Appalachia to tackle one of its most urgent issues — with a little help from David Copperfield.

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George McArdle quit Little River Band at its peak to become a painter's assistant and study the Bible

He provided the basslines to Little River Band's most famous songs — including Reminiscing and Help Is On Its Way — but George McArdle gave it all away after being awoken in the middle of the night 44 years ago.

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A story of legends, families and capitalism: a candid history of the Christmas tree

The Christmas tree is a modern invention. It is a largely secular symbol, having no basis in the Bible. There are many trees in the Bible, from the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life in Genesis to the reference to Christ’s cross as a “tree” in Acts. But…

The Conversation

Mass shootings reopen the debate over whether crime scene photos prompt change or trauma

McCLELLANVILLE, S.C. — John Lites was one of the first police officers to respond to a 911 call from Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17, 2015, when a white gunman murdered nine Black people attending a Bible study.

Tribune News Service

Three Camels Broke Out Of A Qld Church Nativity Scene And I Don’t Remember This From The Bible

Bethlehem or Brisbane? No one knows.

Pedestrian.tv

NI mum on how tragic loss of her two daughters in childhood inspired her writing career

"The idea behind my writing is really to encourage people going through tough times and I just hope the books help those many people"

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SeaWorld's Christmas Celebration offers seasonal delights

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sights to take in during SeaWorld Christmas Celebration include jump-roping toy soldiers, ice skating, Muppets and camels on stage in Bible stories. And as of mid-December, the festivities become an everyday (and into the night) affair.

Tribune News Service

Meet the Idaho Christians pushing for greater LGBTQ representation in government

BOISE, Idaho — Meridian Parks and Recreation Commissioner Dom Gelsomino recently recalled a speech he’d made in 2018, as a delegate to the Idaho GOP State Convention.

Daily Mirror

Kris Jenner shares cryptic post about 'forgiveness and being kind' amid Balenciaga drama

Kris Jenner has reminded her fans to be forgiving sharing a meaningful quote from the bible following the Balenciaga campaign scandal that has dogged her family this week

Daily Mirror

'I was surprised Farage and Tories were so outraged that fewer Brits are Christians'

Mirror columnist Mark Steel thought the Conservatives and Farage would be delighted by the census - given the Bible's teachings of 'loving foreigners as you love yourself'

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Pastor fights Christian nationalism

Caleb Campbell of the Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona speaks against Trump and the Christian Right

The Conversation

Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical psalms of gratitude and praise go back thousands of years

Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday that lies just ahead. Yet readers may remember a couple of hymns that roll around each November in church, around the dinner table, or even – for readers of a certain age – in school. One I…

Evening Standard

I was the intern who stole loo roll from Tatler — now I realise I was lucky

Here’s a story that might get me arrested: when I was an intern at Condé Nast in 2011 — working for minimum wage at society bible Tatler (probably the only person in the entire editorial staff who’d gone to a state school but that’s a story for another day) —…

Daily Mirror

Scarlett Moffatt sleeps with holy water and a Bible next to her bed amid 'demon' fears

The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! winner told how she takes protective measures before hitting the hay because “you never know when it’s going to happen”

ABC News

What is Satanism? And where does social justice fit into this controversial religion?

Satanism is undergoing an identity crisis, caught between its individualist origins and a more justice-oriented contemporary incarnation. Are Satanists supposed to be radical social Darwinists? Or is there room in the religion for compassion?

Reuters

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, known as 'The Killer,' dies

American rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who was torn between his Bible-thumping upbringing and his desire to make hell-raising rock 'n' roll with hits such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," has died at the age of 87.

Daily Mirror

US preacher probed after telling Brit followers women's 'primary function' is housework

Pastor Donald Clough told his congregation at Moray Coast Baptist Church in Scotland that women's "primary functions" are cooking, cleaning and washing and they shouldn't act "flirtatious"

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