Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as residents scrambled to ready themselves ahead of its arrival. Hurricane warnings and watches stretched from North Carolina to Delaware and covered parts of Massachusetts.

Biblically children are a blessing from the Lord – but a world view was formed to perceive them as liabilities....also encouraging more expensive upbringing processes...almost literally idolising children. Rather than see mankind as a blessed race that will replenish and cultivate the earth to be fruitful – man was a destroyer to be controlled if the earth was to be saved. Now we have a Demographic bomb.

Since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, World Vision says it has witnessed a notable increase in corporate donations and interest in disaster relief from a host of companies. The Christian humanitarian organization labeled the Haiti quake in January as a "game changer" for corporate philanthropy.

Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped usher in the next chapter for the United States in Iraq on Wednesday, presiding over a ceremony to launch of a new military operation designed to train, assist and advise the Iraqis. The ceremony, held at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, marked the conclusion of the U.S. combat mission dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom and the transfer to the assistant mission, named Operation New Dawn.

At his massive rally in Washington, the conservative activist called his audience to restore America's honor and "turn back to God." But it wasn't completely clear which god he was talking about...

Iraq's prime minister said the end of U.S. combat operations on Tuesday restored Iraq's sovereignty and meant it stood as an equal to the United States, despite political deadlock and persistent violence. U.S. troop levels were cut to 50,000 before the partly symbolic deadline of August 31 pledged by President Barack Obama to fulfill his pledge to end the war launched by his predecessor George W. Bush.

On Christmas Eve 2009, Robert Park, 29, crossed into North Korea in hopes of drawing attention to the Communist nation's human rights violations and persecution of Christians. Park was arrested and imprisoned in North Korea and released after six weeks. Since his release, Park has not spoken about his imprisonment—due in part, he said, to fears for Christian activist Aijalon Mahli Gomes's safety—and he declined to say anything publicly about North Korea until Gomes was safe.

We seem to have a love affair with comparisons to Nazis and Hitler these days, at least when it comes to finding analogies for those with whom we disagree. Some cause or policy we oppose? Compare it to Nazism. Some people whose actions disturb us? Compare them to Hitler. An event that appalls us? It's a Holocaust.

It's increasingly stormy in the Atlantic as Hurricane Earl, Tropical Storm Danielle and now Tropical Storm Fiona all occupied different areas of the ocean Monday. Earl was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane as it strengthened and lumbered across the Atlantic. Its sustained winds rose to 135 mph (215 kph), the National Hurricane Center said, and as of 5 p.m. ET, the storm was moving away from the Virgin Islands.

Groping to find God has a good ring to it and common sense suggests “globalization” is a good pill in economic recession to alleviate poverty, hunger and conflict. However, generous contributions to humanity and helping the cause of God for “spiritual betterment” does remind me of Cornelius in the Book of Acts....and how does this relate to BP?