In a record year for app installs and daily use, YouVersion is seeing more people seek God through His Word and in prayer. Reflecting this trend, the YouVersion Verse of the Year is: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 (YouVersion)
Read MoreAs the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle — one that is quieter, they say, but no less existential. (Frankel, AP News)
Read MoreAbout 20 years ago, America set a record for newborns bearing names such as Patience and Chastity — more even than in the 1780s, which official records show to be the original heyday of such names. And now they’re all aging into public consciousness. (Fowers & Van Dam, The Washington Post)
Read MoreAcross the United States, technology centered on cellphones — in the form of text messages, videos and social media — has increasingly fueled and sometimes intensified campus brawls, disrupting schools and derailing learning. (Singer, The New York Times)
Read MoreThe feeling that the jobs can’t be done without stimulants comes as Wall Street is under fire for pushing junior bankers to take on dangerous workloads. (Saeedy, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe modern Mormon woman is more palatable, defined less by her garments (or, more crudely, “magic underwear”) than her big-barrel curls and Stanley tumblers; dirty soda and “clean girl” makeup. (Branigin, The Washington Post)
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