8-year-old’s blindness no hindrance to his passion for reading Script
PITKIN, La. (BP)–Andy West appears to be an average 8-year-old boy, at first glance. However, one quickly discovers he is anything but average. The Pitkin, La., third-grade student, who has been legally blind since birth, was on the cover of the August/September issue of the Record, the official periodical of the American Bible Society. The […]
Church helps crisis pregnancy center by filling dressers with baby items
BLANCHARD, La. (BP)–A half-filled dresser stands in the church’s back foyer into which members have placed baby diapers, bottles, clothes and countless other items appropriate for the arrival of a newborn. The supplies are for an expected newborn, but members of First Baptist Church, Blanchard, La., have no idea who that baby and its mother […]
Cancer patient’s poetry opens door to Internet-based ministry
PINEVILLE, La. (BP)–Internet enthusiasts who search the World Wide Web for poetry pages might find “James’ Poetry” page interesting. What makes it stand apart from other poetry pages is that almost all the poems are about cancer. The author of the poems is attorney James Pharis, who has been fighting cancer of the mouth since […]
