A friend responds to my story about the Southern Baptist evangelist James Robison, High Fivin’ the Pope, with a story of her own.Several months ago I happened to see an interview Robison had with a prominent Protestant minister who lives in Argentina. He told Robison that Pope Francis had been his spiritual director in Argentina before he became pope. This minister saw him regularly for spiritual direction — I think once a month.Anyway, when Francis became Pope Francis, the Protestant minister told Read more [...]

Pete Bonds runs a huge ranching operation(Photo: WFAA)SAGINAW – Pete Bonds runs a huge ranching operation. He has thousands of head of cattle spread across Texas.He's worried about the threat - even the remotest threat - of foot-and-mouth disease infecting his herds."I go to shaking every time I think about it," he said. "The devastation we would see on these cow herds is just tremendous."Bonds had to speak up to be heard over bellowing cows that thought we had come to feed them in their pasture Read more [...]

New Zealand's best up and coming hockey internationals are about to get a top chance to show they belong in the Black Sticks. The women's team arrive in Mendoza, Argentina today for the eight-nation Champions Trophy and coach Mark Hager wants to see his players stepping up and showing their true potential. With senior pair Kayla Whitelock and Emily Naylor taking time out from the game, Krystal Forgesson having retired Read more [...]