An Alabama Chick-fila-A opened their doors on Sunday to make a 14-year-old autistic boys birthday wish come true. 

According to the Christian Post, 14-year-old Elijah Sprague, who is diagnosed with both autism and cerebral palsy, only wished to work at a Chick-fila-A drive-thru for his birthday. Sprague’s Uncle Walt Gilstrap – the manager at their local Chick-fil-A – and the Store’s owner heard Sprague’s wish an opened up their store. 

WKRG reports that Sprague was able to hand out cookies to about 40 cars filled with friends and family through the drive-thru window.

After the teen was able to hand out cookies to his friends and family, everyone came inside the restaurant – which is normally closed on Sunday’s because of its Christian foundation – to celebrate Sprague’s birthday over a large cookie cake.

According to the Christian Post, Sprague was born 18 weeks early and was only expected to live for about one year. Rene Sprague, the boy’s mom, first met her son while working as a nurse in the NICU Sprague was placed in as a newborn. When Sprague was about six months old, Rene and her husband decided to adopt him despite all odds, and on Sunday he was able to celebrate his 14 birthday with his friends and family.

In an interview with CBS News, Rene thanked everyone for making her son’s birthday so special. She also…

Kindergarteners and other elementary-aged students in California’s public schools will be taught to reject “gender stereotypes” – such as about clothing, colors and toys – and to accept transgenderism as normative if proposed health guidelines are approved.

There would be no opt-out option for parents. 

One recommended book in the guidelines tells the story of a boy who wants to be a princess. Another recommended book teaches students there are at least 15 genders. That same book also tells children it’s impossible to know if a baby is a boy or a girl.

The guidelines are part of the California Department of Education’s proposed Health Education Framework. 

“Discuss gender with kindergarteners by exploring gender stereotypes and asking open-ended questions, such as what are preferred colors, toys, and activities for boys/girls, and then challenging stereotypes if presented,” chapter three of the proposed guidelines reads. “Throughout this discussion, show images of children around the same age who do not conform to typical gender stereotypes. Examples do not have to be exaggerated or overt. Simple differences, such as colors or toy preferences, can demonstrate acceptance of gender non-conformity.”

Details about the guidelines were first reported by Brenda Lebsack at EdSource.org. She is a member of the Orange Unified School District board of…

Ohio’s new governor Mike DeWine was sworn into office on Monday with his hand on not one, not two, but nine family Bibles.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, during his midnight swearing-in ceremony at his Cedarville, OH, farmhouse, DeWine took the oath of office while his wife held nine family bibles, meant to represent each of their eight children.

CBN News lists each Bible’s personal significance to the devout Catholic. 

Reportedly, one of the Bibles was his late daughter Becky DeWine’s childhood Bible, one belonged to his great-grandmother Gertrude Budd, another was his grandmother Ruth Perkins Liddle’s New Testament Bible which was a gift from her father – a minister – on her 18^thbirthday, 100 years ago, the fourth Bible was a U.S. navy Bible that belonged to his grandfather during the first of the Great Wars, the fifth Bible was passed down to his Aunt Mickey from her grandmother, another was a New Testament that DeWine and his wife brought back from Israel several years ago, the seventh Bible was a gift from the chaplain of the United States Senate Lloyd Ogilvie, the eighth belonged to his mother and the final Bible belongs to both DeWine and his wife Fran DeWine and was a 10th anniversary gift from Fran.

DeWine, the former Ohio Attorney General, shared a tweeting noting his excitement on Monday, he wrote, “Moments ago, I was sworn in during a…

One Texas Church band together over the holidays to donate $10,000 to pay off an entire school districts student lunch debt.

According to NBC 5, Royse City First United Methodist Church has a tradition of donating its Christmas Eve offerings to charity.

In 2017, the congregation decided to donate half of the offerings to their “sister school” to help families who had fallen behind on payments for their student’s lunches. 

After witnessing the impact the donation made in the previous year, the church decided to help the entire Royse City Independent School District in 2018.

In an interview with NBC 5, the church’s pastor Chris Everson said that helping the community is what the church is called to do. Everson said, “If the church does not impact the community the church is in, then the church isn’t doing its job.” 

“With us having the opportunity to make an impact, then we are doing what Christ has called us to do to – serve the least of these,” he added.

According to NBC 5, Everson had asked the church in the fall to consider the amount of money they spend on their Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners. He then asked each family to try to save that amount of money to put forward in a donation. Together the 200-member church was able to save more than $10,000 to be donated to the ISD.

The Christian Post reports that donation paid off student’s…

Dementia is the overall term for memory loss and cognitive impairment that results from diseases such as Alzheimer’s. It progresses as damage to the brain disrupts normal communication between brain cells and, in turn, affects behavior and thinking. This story is part of a Religion News Service series on dementia and religion. 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) — When geropsychologist Benjamin Mast evaluates dementia clients at his University of Louisville research lab, there’s a question some people of faith ask him:

“What if I forget about God?”

It’s a query that reflects the struggles of people facing diseases like Alzheimer’s.

The earliest stages of Alzheimer’s involve the buildup of protein fragments, or plaques, on some brain cells and the growth of twisted fibers, or tangles, within those cells. That process, Mast said in an interview, “damages a particular aspect of the memory system more significantly than others.”

In his book, “Second Forgetting: Remembering the Power of the Gospel During Alzheimer’s Disease,” Mast describes a man who may not always remember his grown children’s names but “quickly joins in” when someone reads one of his favorite psalms.

Mast said what remains intact is the part of the memory that’s held longest. In some cases, that relates to faith: hymns and creeds that people may have recited for years.

“If you ask a…