Dramatic miner rescue operation grips worldwide audience | Reservoir failure drags Hungarian villagers through the mud | Rescue effort in Afghanistan ends in tragedy | McDonald's not happy with Happy Meal claim
The Lord will guard our “coming and our going,” promises the psalmist this Sunday. After narrowly escaping death and spending more than two months trapped in a collapsed Chilean mine, 33 miners emerged one by one in a rescue capsule . . .
God secures the rights of his people who call out to him day and night, Jesus assures us in this Sunday’s gospel. It is not yet clear where victims of a huge toxic mud spill in Hungary can turn to secure their rights.
Scripture is useful for refutation and correction, this Sunday’s reading from 2 Timothy tells us. Surveillance video served a similar purpose this week in the tragic failure of a U.S. rescue operation to free a British aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan.
The reading from Exodus this Sunday tells a story of Moses’ endurance over time, while the psalmist promises that “the sun shall not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.” A McDonald’s Happy Meal allegedly is demonstrating surprising qualities of endurance . . .
Only 47 percent of young people age 16 to 24 had jobs last summer—the lowest rate ever measured. But the bad economy has benefited graduate schools. With only 25 percent of college grads finding work, graduate programs have seen a 5 percent increase in enrollment.