Despite recovery, bank lending still falling

Not doing their part? The final scene in the movie “Too Big to Fail” shows Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (played by Paul Giamatti) talking with then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (portrayed by William Hurt). The scene takes place in September 2008 after the two men had just arm-twisted some of the nation’s biggest banks into

For blacks, a health care divide

We know there is an unjust and immoral economic divide in the country when it comes to health care - this article makes a good case for an obvious racial divide as well. Health care is a human right! America will not be blessed as we could be until all people have opportunity for health,

The Dark Underbelly of Fundamentalist, Charismatic Christianity

Many of you will find you can relate to this blog - and whatever your conviction on scripture and homosexuality, we have to stand with the truth of the scriptures living the CHARACTER of Christ - that's what true righteousness is, not just "moral sin." How we treat others, love others who disagree with us,

Disasters wipe out jobs along with lives

This is an area, as you will see from the article, that is already struggling with unemployment and poverty - this will only make things much worse. We need to see extensions for the unemployment funding and new jobs and possibilities as part of the relief efforts! Please pray for these areas. The plant where

Obama marks Memorial Day with country

Happy Memorial Day - honoring those who have been willing to sacrifice for others today. Arlington, Virginia (CNN) -- President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances Monday, laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and declaring that Americans owe "a debt to our fallen heroes that we can never

KKK Protesting Westboro Baptist Church?

The KKK came out to protest against Westboro, who was protesting military funerals and Memorial Day today - two wrongful and anti-Christ groups definitely don't make a right! It says something about Westboro Baptist Church that even the KKK would protest them. From CNN: Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an

‘Lock ’em up’ not always best solution

Finally some are waking up to the very obvious fact that our system is not creating rehabilitation-scenarios for non-violent offenders, but is instead creating hard criminals out of them! "No Mercy" stances not only aren't right, but don't work. We couldn't cheer enough for this, from the article, "A famously tough-on-crime state, Texas is proving