Author: Gordon Govier

Science Daily — The long search for Herod the Great’s tomb has ended with the exposure of the remains of his grave, sarcophagus and mausoleum on Mount Herodium’s northeastern slope, Prof. Ehud Netzer of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archaeology just announced.Read more of this story.

Friends say he has flunked retirement, that he seems to prefer unpaved paths, that he is a human dynamo and a bionic man (thanks to three artificial hip surgeries).The Rev. John Rea Thomas of Madison acknowledges that he’s been a pioneer, of sorts, and lucky.Read more of this story.

Religious centers on campuses nationwide are seeing an increase in student involvement and interest in religious activities in the past few years.While many believe events like the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the Virginia Tech tragedy have correlated with the rise in religious beliefs on campuses, Christy Chappell, associate director of communications for Intervarsity, said students now turn to religion because they are now looking for a greater understanding of life’s questions. Read more of this story.

BARABOO — At a press conference held outside the chapel at Durward’s Glen, April 30, Magdalen College of Warner, N.H., announced its purchase of the property for use as an extension of its college.Read more of this story.

American troops in Iraq haven’t always had the equipment they’ve needed. Might many have to go to war now without the spiritual support they’ve traditionally had? The US Army is working hard to keep that from happening, but it confronts a severe shortage in its Chaplain Corps, particularly among the Army Reserve and Army National Guard.Read more of this story.

Starting May 7, abortion opponents will be demonstrating outside of Madison’s only abortion clinic by holding all-day prayer vigils at the site.Read more of this story.

"With the letters of the alphabet you can write any word that is known," said Professor Ron Tappy as he concluded his presentation Wednesday night for the 51st Annual Lecture of the Madison Biblical Archaeology Society and the University of Wisconsin Department of Hebew and Semitic Studies. "The alphabet represents infinity. From A to Z represents everything that is known."

The old saw "money can’t buy happiness" apparently holds true when it comes to work.Highly-paid professionals like doctors and lawyers didn’t make the cut when researchers set out to find the most satisfied workers.Clergy ranked tops in both job satisfaction and general happiness, according to the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.Read more of this story.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About two years ago, Sung Tae Kim and his pastor, Chong Chin Park, were sitting in the parking lot at Home Depot when the pastor asked Kim to describe the woman he’d like to marry.Kim was 26. The faces of half a dozen ex-girlfriends flashed though his mind. "In viewing all the relationships I had, I saw they all ended in failure," he said. "I thought, I’m getting older and older." He decided to let Anchorage Good News Grace Church find a him a wife.Read more of this story.

CHICAGO, IL (ANS) — After being located at 646 South State Street since 1923, Chicago’s Pacific Garden Mission (PGM) is a few short months away from moving into a new 150,000 state-of-the-art rescue mission. In addition to the benefit of bringing all its ministry services under one roof, the functional, three-story facility has been planned with Green environmentally friendly design principles and renewable energy technologies in mind.Read more of this story.