GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) While timeouts and other disciplinary methods are encouraged by some child psychologists, a Calvin College psychology professor says her research shows corporal punishment forms more well-adjusted people later in life. Marjorie Gunnoe says the study finds children who remember being spanked on the backside with an open hand do better in…

WASHINGTON – The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he’d been held while awaiting trial, authorities said. James von Brunn died at a local hospital in North Carolina, said Denise Simmons, the spokeswoman for the federal prison where von Brunn had been held.…

(RNS) Religious broadcaster James Dobson will leave the “Focus on the Family” radio program in late February but will continue on the airwaves through a new ministry. Officials at the Colorado-based ministry that Dobson founded three decades ago say they don’t see his plans, which Dobson announced on his Facebook page, as competition. “No, we…

For Deborah Taylor, keeping her body fit and eating well is a way of honoring her Lord. So when Taylor, a financial assistant for University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center, heard of the hospital’s Body & Soul program for black churches to help their congregations get healthier, she took action. Soon, Taylor’s church, Faith Temple Church…

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