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While promising to bring the perpetrators to justice, President Barack Obama spoke boldly Thursday that those injured or frightened by Monday's explosions will undoubtedly "run again", Boston, the "state of grace", will reclaim the "spirit of the city", and the "nation shall remain undimmed."

Perhaps, it is Lady Thatcher’s wish to see that her two only grandchildren Michael and Amanda Thatcher, whom she greatly delighted in, can inherit her legacy in public service that she choose her granddaughter to led the Scripture reading.

Eight-year-old Martin Richard, one of the three victims of yesterday's bomb attack in Boston, loved peace and loved God. A picture showed him holding a poster with a peace sign that read "No More Hurting People" that he had made after the Sandy Hook massacre. Another picture showed him, dressed in a white suit, holding a communion banner with a dove on it.

Christian leaders called the Christian communities to reflect on the true meaning of being a Christian as they stand against 'haters', who made hurtful responses to Rick Warren's family tragedy.

Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87, lived a life that earned her the reputation as “Iron Lady” for an underlying reason that explains her principles but is rarely mentioned in her obituaries – her devout Christian faith.

Lin, the first Chinese-American to be play in NBA, and NBA commissioner David Stern said that Lin’s failure to get a major college basketball scholarship or a roster spot through the NBA draft had to do with his Asian ethnicity.

The influences of Chinese Christians in Vancouver are on the rise. Half a million Chinese lives in the scenic city on Canada’s West Coast, which is the highest concentration of Chinese population in the entire North America.

Homeless inventor Mike Williams, who was given a second chance in life by a Chinese-American urologist Dr. Jong L. Chen, is planning to form a pod community comprised of around 250 homeless people, whose skills will be “harvested” by giving them work.

Rev. Dr. John Kao, founder of the largest Chinese church in North America, died Sunday at 79. Kao's church Association of Chinese Evangelical Ministries (Canada)(ACEM) has announced on its website that a memorial service for Kao will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at the Richmond Hill Christian Community Church at 10 a.m. Visitation will be begin at 9 a.m. till the service time at the church on the same day.

Mike Williams, an inventor who made millions but turned homeless, was given a second chance when he met Dr. Jong L. Chen. The Taiwan-born Chinese American urologist operated on Williams’ prostate injuries from a beating and later became a business partner with Williams, who had the idea of inventing a new drop and go homeless sheltering PODs.

40 percent of the world hasn’t heard the gospel. Less than one percent of China can read English, and only six percent of children worldwide grow up speaking English. 80 percent of Christians accept Jesus between the ages of 4-14. If such high percentage of Christians today is converted during childhood, what can you do to help to reach children?

140 Chinese-Americans from San Francisco Bay Area filled a medical center conference room to find out how hospice care can improve the quality of care for their loved ones or themselves, who are or will be going through their last stage in life.

Evangelist Nick Vujicic said that we are living in the end of days, as he sees the gospel is reaching unprecedented number of people through “Life Without Limbs” and other ministries at the annual National Religious Broadcasters (NRB 2013) convention.

Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, Hollywood’s elite and producers of “The Bible”, published an article titled “Why Public Schools Should Teach the Bible” earlier this month, arguing that not studying the Bible is like students not learning the Constitution in the U.S. history class. The article had 777 comments the Monday after the initial premier on History Channel.

Pastor Saeed Abedini, who was sentenced to eight years in Iran’s prison, was reportedly pressured to convert back to Islam through tortured with nails pressed against his hands and feet, according to a letter that he wrote obtained by American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ).

The 21st Annual Movie Guide Awards has announced the winners of their coveted $100,000 Epiphany Prize for Most Inspiring Movie and Television: “Les Miserables” and “The American Bible Challenge.”

Former TIME Magazine bureau chief of Beijing Dr. David Aikman, who had worked as a reporter for TIME for 23 years and had worked in 55 different countries, experiencing the Vietnam War, wars in Middle East, massacre of student protestors in Tiananmen Square in 1989, shared his motivation and hopes for initiating this Aikman Opportunity Award writing contest in an interview with The Gospel Herald.

Former TIME Magazine Beijing bureau chief Dr. David Aikman announced this week the launch of Aikman Opportunity Award that seeks to identify, encourage, and support a new generation of Christian nonfiction testimony writers.

The Jeremy Lin Foundation held its inaugural event on Valentine's Day with the aim of helping underprivileged children. The foundation’s ''The Making a Difference'' project will benefit three Houston-based charities Workshop Houston, the Yellowstone Academy and the city’s Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR).

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt revealed that he doesn’t want to be remembered as a world baseball champion, but rather as a follower of Jesus Christ. He said that he found joy in praising God in his gift of playing baseball and loving his neighbors as his calling.

Earlier this week, the main character of “Linsanity” tweeted on his twitter account a video titled “The Last Pick,” in which Lin plays himself and encourages a 11-year-old African-American to not give up but keep working his best in pursuit of his passion – playing basketball.

Cher Wang, HTC’s co-founder and chairman, recently quoted scripture and optimistically shouted out that HTC will set new records in 2013 when addressing her company employees at their annual thanksgiving banquet held last Friday in Taipei. That night, HTC’s new phone M7 was also unveiled.

While the mainstream white communities in America have accepted and taken advantages of the services and resources provided through hospice care, Chinese American communities not only are not aware of such program, but also shun the topics related to end-of-life - a taboo in Chinese culture.

Toronto-based Project Winter Survival is expanding their outreach for the first time with the help of its sponsor Hain-Celestial Canada, the leading natural and organic food company in North America and Europe, to homeless people in the Vancouver area with their essential winter survival kits.

Last weekend, CBS Sunday Morning aired a video report on the life of Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs. In the interview, Vujicic announced that his unborn son Kiyoshi James Vujicic has ten fingers and ten toes – everything that is supposed to be there is.