Archive for June, 2012
Winning Reader Puts Nebraska on Weekly Drawing Map
Friday, June 29th, 2012For the first time in the history of the Pentecostal Evangel Weekly Drawing, a Nebraska reader was selected as a winner in the contest earlier this month. The home of the Cornhuskers is the 45th state in the U.S. to produce a prize recipient since the contest debuted in March 2006. Only Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, […]
To ‘e’ or not to ‘e’
Friday, June 22nd, 2012The news caught me by surprise, but probably should not have. E-books have now outpaced hardcover sales for the first time. I’m guessing this is one of those irreversible trends, like the advent of income tax or the creation of a new federal agency.
It has me wondering how much longer I’ll be able to get the titles […]
Never Alone II
Thursday, June 14th, 2012A recent USA Today online article noted the completion of the Human Microbiome Project, a National Institutes of Health-sponsored attempt to identify the microbial communities commonly found in and on the healthy human body.
An earlier article in the L.A. Times prompted “Never Alone,” my May 29, 2009, Out There entry. At that point, research had identified 1,000 or so species of microbes […]
Pentecostal Evangel Great Gift For Father’s Day
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 17. Need a gift that will be appreciated all yearlong? The Pentecostal Evangel can provide inspiration and encouragement on a weekly basis for 12 full months to that special father, grandfather or great-grandfather in your life.
Just $28.99 for a standard one-year subscription in the United States, the Pentecostal Evangel […]
Canadian Provinces Well Represented in Weekly Drawing
Friday, June 8th, 2012Only Prince Edward Island remains. After a recent entry from a Nova Scotia reader, PEI is the lone Canadian province without representation in the history of the Pentecostal Evangel Weekly Drawing. Since its debut in March 2006, the drawing has received submissions from nine of Canada’s 10 provinces.
The Weekly Drawing’s appeal to international visitors on […]
World War II Veterans Honored
Thursday, June 7th, 2012The Springfield airport was jammed with cheering throngs late last night as 80 local World War II veterans returned from a one-day trip to Washington, D.C. Sponsored by Ozarks Honor Flight, the vets were brought to see the World War II Memorial that was built in their honor. The flight included family and other escorts. […]
Zapped
Friday, June 1st, 2012Popular Science has posted a photo gallery on their website entitled “2011’s Top 10 New Species.”
New species? Absolutely. Science is nowhere near cataloging the wealth of life forms created on, and in, this planet. For an example of that second category, consider the devil’s worm, a newly discovered worm species found more than half a mile underground in […]
Key Bearers Reaches 10-Million Magazine Milestone
Friday, June 1st, 2012Thanks to funding received during May, the Key Bearers ministry has underwritten the cost of providing at least 10 million copies of the Pentecostal Evangel to the incarcerated since 1996. Every dollar donated to Key Bearers covers the printing and shipping of four English- or Spanish-language Evangels.
More than 11,000 copies of every weekly Pentecostal Evangel […]
