You probably know Guy Penrod as the former lead tenor from the Gaither Vocal Band. After 13 years with the group, He has now set out on a solo career, with the release of a new single recording.

Focus on the Family looks back at 33 years with Dr James Dobson.

MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) _ The husband of one of the eight Americans released yesterday from a Haitian prison says God has helped the families get through a difficult couple of weeks. Eric Thompson spoke with reporters in Meridian, Idaho, as Carla Thompson and her fellow Baptist missionaries were preparing to fly back to the United [...]

NEW YORK (AP) _ New York City and state agencies have agreed to monitor the Salvation Army to ensure that the Christian charity does not force recipients of its government-funded social services to engage in religious activities.
The New York Civil Liberties Union announced the settlement agreement on Wednesday.
It stems from a lawsuit filed in 2004 [...]

ROME (AP) _ Pope Benedict has opened the solemn Lenten season by marking the bowed heads of Roman Catholic worshippers with ashes. Ash Wednesday services usher in a period of penitence and reflection that leads up to Easter Sunday, this year being celebrated on April 4.
Benedict pinched a bit of ash from a silver-colored bowl [...]

APEX, N.C. (AP) _ A North Carolina middle-school teacher has been suspended after declaring on her Facebook page that she was subjected to a “hate crime” by Christian students. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that eighth-grade science teacher Melissa Hussain was suspended with pay while investigators review her case. Wake County schools spokesman [...]

DENVER (AP) _ A Colorado lawmaker wants to make sure that students and teachers can express their religious beliefs in public schools. State Sen. Dave Schultheis is proposing that the state education board draft two religious bills of rights — one for students and parents and one for teachers and school employees — and that [...]

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) _ Authorities say two teenagers were shot and wounded when a man opened fire at a church service in the San Francisco Bay area. Richmond police Sgt. Bisa French says three men in hooded sweat shirts walked into the church at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday and one of them fired a gun, [...]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial for trying to take a busload of children out of the country says the Americans should be released from jail while the investigation continues.
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil has the final word on whether to free the missionaries, though he gave the [...]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The State Department has confirmed that a body found in rubble from the earthquake in Haiti is that of David Hames, who had been working on a filming project for the Christian children’s ministry Compassion International. Hames and colleague Dan Woolley were in the Hotel Montana when the earthquake hit [...]