Married for 27 years, Judy Maynard and her husband Mike know that marriage is not always chocolate and roses. Taking a page from experience, they're on a mission to use what they've learned to help others reconnect and strengthen their relationships — and sometimes that takes a good date night. ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. This week, Dr. Baker is discussing what has been called the “Mormon moment” in America, what Mormons think and believe, and how they believe other Americans perceive them.
Today is a holiday in the West African country Benin: it's National Voodoo Day. Now, before anyone starts thinking I'll be offering a recipe for a magic potion, let me assure you that the true practice of Voodoo doesn't involve all the propaganda that is usually associated with it. According ...
When Mohammed Tayssir Safi was an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan from 2004 to 2006, there was not a Muslim figure he could go to for guidance. "I was ... trying to understand how to grapple between that intellectual side and ... the spiritual side," Safi, 27, said. ...
Stories of death and loss abound in the southern Filipino city of Cagayan de Oro City, which was devastated by a flash flood Dec. 16-17, a missionary from Ann Arbor said. Heather Roa, who lives there with her family as a missionary from Ann Arbor Assembly of God, said many ...
After all of the excitement of a University of Michigan football game ended, after the final cheers and the last refrain of the fight song, after the last burly player left the field and the final frenzied fan found the exit, a crime - of sorts - would be committed: ...
In our house, on the day after Thanksgiving, we not only haul the fake Christmas tree up from the basement and decorate it; we also place a menorah in the window and take our dreidels out for a spin. We enjoy combining traditions—and the usual “Whose family do we spend ...
Ypsilanti Township’s Burning Bush International Ministries is making plans to expand its new church even before moving in its congregation. At its Tuesday night meeting, the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 1,900 square foot addition on to the existing 24,877 square foot former Carnahan Chevrolet dealership at ...
University of Michigan professor Sherman Jackson has been named one of the top 500 most influential Muslims in the world by an international Islamic non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, Jordan.
When my son was 4 years old, we were sitting at the breakfast table preparing for our meal. I noticed he closed his eyes and bowed his head silently for a few moments. When he was done, I asked him what he was doing. He said, "praying." I asked my ...
Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. In light of Cyber-Monday, Dr. Baker is discussing America's consumer culture and our tendencies to overspend. Who’s the enemy in our culture of consumption? "We have met the enemy and he ...
Liina Paasuke hasn’t allowed polio to stop her from leading an independent life: She learned to drive using hand controls, she graduated from the University of Michigan, she helped raise a foster son, she had a long career as a rehabilitation counselor. But in the summer of 2010, all of ...
For the second straight season the Saline High School wrestling team defeated Lincoln to capture a Division 1 district championship. ......
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